Off The Editor’s Desk 4-6-2022
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What a terrible sight!
General William Tecumseh Sherman once said, “War is Hell.” That picture came in front of me last week as I was watching the news of the Ukraine war that showed some very distributing scenes. A city street of Bucha, lined with the dead bodies of Ukrainian citizens that were killed as the walked down the street.
One bicyclist’s body was entangled within the wheels of his bike and laid dead in the street. These pictures show the horrors of the Russian aggression. The world leaders must come together and put a stop to this madness, before, this death and destruction spreads to other countries. This is a sign to all of us that we need to support a strong military to protect us and keep mad men like Putin locked up in a cage. There are several other leaders that are want-to-be rulers of the world.
President Biden has been reacting to this war, when he should have been proactive and supplied the Ukraine’s with the tools they needed to fight off the Russian bear. Because, if Putin gets control of Ukraine, how much more territory will he try to take over, and that would require use to place our young men and women in harms way.
Changing the subject on what Biden has done. I keep thinking about our production of oil. His first day in office, Biden made us energy dependent on other countries to supply the United States with what we use to keep us moving. In 2020 we produced 18.4 million barrels of oil and used 18.12 million barrels.
But, Biden put a stop to more production and told us to buy electric cars. This move, we were lead to believe was the “Green New Deal.” Stop burning fossil fuels and save the earth. So if I burn gasoline in my car, what difference does it make to the air quality if that fuel comes from Texas or the Middle East?
I am worried about fuel, but I should be more worried about food. In 2021, global wheat production was about 772 million tons, 75 million tons came from Russia and another 33 million tons came from Ukraine.
According to the Capitol Guardian, “Any disruption of agriculture on that level could impact millions of people. High fuel costs, particularly of diesel, could make ramping up production in the United States and elsewhere more difficult.”
President Biden spoke at the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium on March 24 saying; “With regard to food shortage, yes, we did talk about food shortages. And—and It’s going to be real. The price of these sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia; it’s imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well. And – because both Russia and Ukraine have been the breadbasket of Europe in terms of wheat.”
Robert Romano, vice president of Public Policy at American’s for Limited Government stated: “But it gets worse. About half of the wheat the World Food Program (WFP) purchases to help feed about 125 million people around the world comes from Ukraine, WFP Executive Director David Beasely told the Associated Press that it will impact millions and millions of people, particularly in the poorest countries of the world.”
So maybe we should plant a garden!
Thanks for reading! Carlton