Georgia’s representatives must support Ukraine in its fight to protect itself

By Bruce Menke

By denying the urgently needed assistance to the Ukraine, several Georgia members of Congress are placing at risk the very survival of the Ukraine as an independent democratic state and endangering the security of all of Eastern Europe.

These representatives need to stop playing games.

Congress must approve the vital assistance essential to preventing the Russian victory over the Ukraine and the resulting threat to the United States and NATO.

Georgia's members of Congress have the immense potential to either protect our national interests and honor our commitment to defend democracy or to irreparably sabotage those vital interests.

Our Congressmen must show they can, and will faithfully discharge their duties to our country and to our state.

Members of Congress from Georgia  unwilling or unable to do so should return to private life so that Georgians committed to protecting our national security can take their places in Congress and provide the support essential to prevent the Russian suppression of democracy throughout Eastern Europe which was a nightmarish reality for nearly 50 years following the Second World War.

Bruce Menke is a resident of Athens