Demand peace talks

How much is a billion dollars? Ripley’s Believe it or Not says if you spent $1,000 a day it would take 2,740 years ( you read it right) to spend $1 billion.

With the proposed $37 billion in additional aid President Joe Biden is proposing for Ukraine, that country will have received more than $90 billion in U.S. aid, mostly military, for its war with Russia. That’s more than Russia’s entire military budget for one year.

I question if our money is being used wisely in Ukraine, which reportedly has a reputation as one of the most corrupt nations on Earth.

President Biden, however, is due credit for admitting it apparently was Ukraine’s missiles and not Russia’s which recently landed in Poland, allegedly killing two persons. The Ukraine president has denied the allegation and blamed Russia. I prefer to believe Biden.

Russia was wrong to invade Ukraine, but I believe if we are to avoid a nuclear war, we must demand that the United Nations call for an immediate ceasefire and then sit down at the peace table and try to settle their differences.

VERNON McDANIEL Ozark