Editor's Note: The following letter was received by the Institute from Dr. Michael K. Launer, Emeritus Professor of Russian at Florida State University and is published with his permission. This is a brief response to Ted Snider’s September 8, 2026 article, "All That's Wrong in Ukraine." The editorial guidelines of the Libertarian Institute require that submissions be kept “on subject.” Snider’s article correctly detailing Ukraine’s desperate demographic situation goes “off the rails” in the last paragraph. He states: “The war in Ukraine might have been prevented if the United States and...