Our ‘dangerous ally’ engineered regime change in Ukraine, installed a rabidly Russophobic regime and backed a civil war there that killed thousands of Ukrainians. Eight years of diplomatic effort to resolve that conflict was systematically sabotaged by a thug regime that presumes to rule the world.
This regime insists it is exceptional, claims to be a champion of democracy, and profits from war via its weapons industry.
Everywhere it goes, war and bases follow. This regime is not afraid to abduct and imprison those who expose its crimes. It likes to coerce, corrupt and control lesser regimes, like our own, and those it cannot control, it seeks to isolate, weaken and contain.
And it’s precisely because it can’t control Russia that we now see the devastation of Ukraine. Next, clearly it intends to provoke a war with China, and no doubt it’s willing to sacrifice us in the process.
If we aspire to be a sovereign, independent nation that values international peace, comity and security, we need to exit this dangerous alliance and adopt instead a non-aligned foreign policy.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
