Staff Report
WHY?
A long time ago when my second born was sitting in the back seat with her big sister as I was driving to my parent’s Ranch House in the Hill Country, she was looking out the window at circling birds and asked me “Mom, why are those birds flying in circles?”
I answered, “Honey, those BIRDS are buzzards”.
She replied, “OK. But why are they circling?”
I replied, “There is probably something dead on the ground and they are just making sure it is REALLY dead.”
Then she asked, “Well, how many times do they circle?” I replied, “Oh honey, I dont know. Maybe ten or twenty times. Maybe a HUNDRED times.”
At that answer my sweet second child replied, “Well! I guess they must not be very hungry.”
And so, my dear reader, that leads me to wonder WHY.
Why are we, as good ol’ Americans, circling —--- just waiting for things to change back to good ol’ U.S.A. ?
Are we just circling, like the buzzards? Are we just sitting back while our so called Government in D.C. sells munition to a country that, for years, has used it to kill its inhabitants AFTER destroying their homes and fields?
Also, are we just sitting back while our so called government in D.C. bombs a peaceful nation simply because that nation happens to possess the same kind of bombs that WE posses?
Yes, my dear reader, I also watch the “buzzards” and wonder how many times they will circle till all is dead.
Why is it that we DO NOT give military equipment to a country that is fighting to be free, not a country that is killing its own inhabitants? Of course I am referring to UKRAINE.
It’s true that we have sold supplies to Ukraine and are still selling a trickle. But the arms just spent on the Iran debacle, if sent to Ukraine, would have invariably turned the tide in the four year war.
I don’t think the amazing and fearless people of Ukraine can hold out much longer without overwhelming support from countries who have ‘the right stuff’ to push the aggressor back once and for all. I, for one, am tired of circling buzzards. Please write to our representatives in Congress who have some influence in this department. Here are a couple:
US Senator Durbin
711 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 2010
Ph 202 224-2152
US Rep Jasmine Crockett D-Tx
711 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
Ph 202 225-8885
Comments welcome
Victoria Taylor
Dripping Spgs, Texas
