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I was horrified on many levels at the “Get Out of NATO” letter, written by Ed Lehman of the Regina Peace Council.
It was naive, dangerous, and ignorant of past history.
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Canada, without NATO, could only defend itself if it had its own nuclear weapons and multiple delivery systems, including submarines. I’m not sure that is a popular idea in Canada.
Without U.S intervention, we would lose our independence under the jackboot of a totalitarian regime, such as Russia or China.
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A loss of our freedom and the democratic way of life would mean citizens locked up and tortured, no free press, no rule of law, knocks on the door by secret police in the dead of night, etc.
I think Lehman needs a history lesson and a big reality pill. It feels like 1938 now and he is one of the Neville Chamberlains of our time. Perhaps our esteemed prime minister — who does nothing for our poor, brave, military — is another.
The question is: Where is our Churchill?
John Martin, Delta, B.C.
NATO a deterrent
It is regrettable some see NATO as a tool of American aggression.
NATO, in fact, remains an important deterrent to aggressive states seeking to destroy western democratic values and nation states.
As is evident after two years of war in Ukraine in what can only be described as genocide by Russia, without a NATO deterrent the expansion of the Russian empire would likely go unchecked.
Canada should be wary of an expansionist Russia at its northern boundaries with the disinformation and propaganda that the Kremlin uses to promote instability.
Canada would be better served by withdrawing from the United Nations — a body that has sadly become a forum for aggressive states like Russia, which threatens nuclear war against the west and proclaims a non-existent existential threat to its existence.
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Peaceniks would be well advised that Ukrainians, having been subjected to the errors of the Soviet Union, are fighting for freedoms and NATO membership for good reason.
Perhaps it is time for those who see NATO as evil to go and live in Russia to fully understand that authoritarianism is far worse than living in a nation that is part of the NATO alliance.
Grant Dorosh, Stony Plain, Alta.
Obey speed limits elsewhere in Regina
Why spend a lot of money on new 30 km/hr signs for the Cathedral area when the city does not enforce the speed limit in areas that already have 30 km/hr signs?
Gordon Staseson Drive goes past my house. There are two 30 km/hr zones within a short distance of each other due to play parks. Many children use these parks.
I have complained to the city’s phone line, my city councillor and the mayor’s office that the 30 km/hr speed limits are not being followed. I have asked for speed cameras. Nothing has ever been done. The city simply ignores me.
Maybe when a child is injured, they will finally listen.
G.J. Exner, Regina
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