Letter to the editor: U.S. enemies are taking advantage

As our country continues to self destruct, our enemies are quietly taking advantage of our stupidity and lack of patriotism.

We see Russia challenging us and our allies with their invasion of Ukraine. Russia is using Ukraine to test their newest military weapons. It has allegedly sabotaged the undersea gas line that feeds Europe. It is making moves to put troops near Norway, Finland and Sweden. It has begun sabotaging undersea communication and internet cables. It has been accused of sabotage in France and Spain and may have even tried Great Britain. It is aiding our enemies in the Mideast.

China is conducting joint naval operations with Russia off the coast of South Africa. It recently used one of its aircraft carriers to confront the USS Nimitz carrier group in the South China Sea and brazenly buzzed our carrier group with its fifth-generation stealth fighter the J-20 (a clone of our F22 and F35 fighter program). Another Chinese carrier is deployed off the coast of the Philippines. A third naval group and naval air forces are off the coast of Taiwan. Taiwan is scrambling its F16 fighters on a daily basis to try and keep Chinese aircraft out of Taiwan airspace.

For years, China and Russia have deluged the U.S. with tons of disinformation with the goal of causing civil and racial unrest to keep us fighting each other and not taking notice of what is going on outside our borders. They have totally succeeded.

History has proven time and again, a house divided will fall!

Vic Mannella

Penn Township, Westmoreland County