“Will President Joe Biden exhibit flexibility to Russian President Vladimir Putin of the sort that President Barack Obama indicated in his ‘hot-mic’ comment to then-President Dmitry Medvedev prior to the 2012 presidential election?”
- Please, please, please stop badgering us with continuous references to how the Keystone pipeline is going to save us all from high gas prices. First of all, the pipeline that moves Canadian tar sands from Hardesty, Alberta, Canada, has never stopped working. It currently moves tar sand oil through southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, all in Canada; enters the United States in eastern North Dakota, through South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma; and ends in ports in Texas and Louisiana, where it is loaded into ships and sailed to China. The United States does not benefit from those tar sands. The pipeline closed by Biden, thankfully, cut diagonally across Montana and South Dakota. The Keystone XL pipeline only shortened the time the tar sands went from extraction to loading into ships bound for China. Secondly, you fail to define what you mean by “strength” in a country. Is strength using your military might to quash a country that is lesser in that might? So do you consider Putin strong because he invaded Ukraine and kills civilians because he has a stronger military? Strength is knowing that you can defeat a lesser enemy but walking away and using every diplomatic and economic path to deter the enemy. You mention the 58,000 Americans killed in Vietnam after years of boots on the ground of neighboring countries and diplomatic attempts. Are you willing to commit to the deaths of American soldiers in another European war? Strength is what President Joe Biden has shown by gathering all of NATO together again as a single unit and convincing not only NATO countries but also non-NATO countries to commit to the path of economic sanctions on Putin and his followers in Russia to end this war. You should be thanking President Joe Biden for keeping American soldiers safe, once again. — Jody Sweeney
Delaware National Guard leader praises team’s pandemic response
They transported meals and stocked medical supplies, while some even became fully credentialed certified nursing assistants in just two weeks. Sharing how National Guard members aided Delaware’s overcapacity hospitals during January’s COVID-19 surge, Adjutant General Michael Berry beamed with pride during his annual State of the Guard address.
- I was in the National Guard in a MASH unit in the ’70s. They are always helping where they can. With all the staffing shortages, they are always needed. Glad they are getting some recognition. — Eileen Major
