It is so hard to accept that human nature has not evolved in any deep and lasting way. To view the scenes of this Putin-caused war is to question everything we know.

If the war is caused by just one man, why can’t this one man be captured? Why is the rest of the world allowing this carnage to continue? To see beautiful Ukraine and its people amid the smoking ruins. To hear of children dying for the sake of one mad despot.

We in America have our own despot that would like to establish an autocracy with him at the helm. Really? Some of you support him?

We have had Auschwitz and now we have Ukraine at the mercy of an evil dictator. Have we not learned anything? The clumsy tanks and the camp wear of the soldiers; this does not bespeak an advanced civilization.

We in America have had to put up with Trump instigating an insurrection, only to find out that our government is too weak to hold him accountable. Oh, it may do so in time, but now is the only time anyone ever has.

Trump has called Putin “genius.” We all saw the photos of the two of them; Trump acting like a giddy school girl over him. What is wrong with America that we allow this?

Most of you already know that our school boards are packed with Republican diehards; this does not bode well for the country. And we have the Greenes and the Boberts and the Gatzs’ to deal with. We are putting up with people and events that should have been quashed a long time ago. The aforementioned people favor autocracy and America is a democracy, as is Ukraine. We have our own mess to clean up, sadly.

No more lax laws, dear America. Our freedom depends on people that have inner values and will not let despots go unpunished.

Enough is enough is enough.

Vicki Woodyard