Regime change should begin at home

Despite early efforts and Turkey's repeated offers to broker a cease fire in our proxy war with Russia over Ukraine, our D.C. warhawks of both parties insist on Russia "regime change." They'd rather risk or subject the world to a nuclear holocaust than engage in dialogue and diplomacy. Should a few create a crisis where everyone loses, especially if we were involved in an act-of-war sabotage of the Russian gas pipeline? Some wars are necessary. But insanity is not.

Recently two different American families were confronted by gun-pointing FBI SWAT teams. Their crime? One Catholic anti-abortion father had shielded his son from a heckler while the other led a peaceful hymn-sing at Planned Parenthood. These face possible 11-year jail sentences while looters, rioters and felons are freed without bail. Similarly, many raids occurred against others whose moral and political differences did not agree with our police-state party line.

Meanwhile, our Administration begs our adversaries for more oil while capping our own gas and oil wells and depleting our national emergency reserves. Feeding hyperinflation, the Fed raises interest rates and prints billions. Racializing and demonizing disagreement and dissent is not democracy. Nor is weaponizing the IRS and federal agencies, or depriving free speech that stands for traditional faith, family and morals.

If there is any regime change, it should begin at home, and with our next elections — before current policies and a WW III changes everything!

Tim Bickel

Cedar Rapids