Letters: Americans torn over Crimea
Pro-Russia demonstrators storm the prosecutor-general's office during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Pro-Russia demonstrators in the eastern city of Donetsk called Sunday for a referendum similar to the one in Crimea as some of them stormed the prosecutor-general's office. Credit: AP / Andrey Basevich
One must wonder why Newsday published columnist Charles Krauthammer's shrill, hysterical anti-Obama essay on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine ["Obama vs. Putin: The mismatch," Opinion, March 30].
If one were to ask Krauthammer what was the first capital of Russia, I doubt that he would know that it was Kiev. The Russian and Ukrainian languages overlap significantly. I believe in self-determination, but if there was an honest vote in Crimea for separation, so be it.
Philip Fries, Oakland Gardens
It was like a breath of fresh air to see Newsday run Charles Krauthammer's column. In most of his columns, Krauthammer voices what I feel, and much more eloquently.
It's a shame that a lot of Americans find it necessary to label and pigeonhole people who express political opinions as liberal or conservative, right-wing or left-wing. Some of us just like to hear someone tell it like it really is.
Jerry Reilly, Lindenhurst
