Weapons vs. diplomacy

Dear Editor:

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, I have watched with interest how the major countries - Ukraine, the United States, its NATO allies, and Russia - have put aside the tools for diplomacy in favour of weapons.

Hardly a week goes by without a plea from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for more weapons and aid.

I wonder how much reflection was spent on what fighting in Ukraine would mean not only to the devastation of vital infrastructure in the country itself, death and refugees, but worldwide implications for the global south.

We are all familiar through our news outlets how the shortage of wheat and fertilizer is not only causing inflation everywhere, but massive food insecurity.

This war must stop now and all parties concerned should be made to answer one simple question: “why?”

Janet Calderwood, Rockwood