The Issue: Calls for President Trump to increase pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war.

History has proven that peace treaties between nations led by brutal dictators and democratic nations can be worthless and have disastrous consequences — just look at Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler ( “Putin screws to him is the only way, Mr. Prez,” Editorial, Aug. 21).

President Trump’s sincere desire to end loss of life can only be interpreted as weakness by Vladimir Putin.

Putin must be stopped. Anything less means he will survive to resume killing another day.

Robert Semel

Brooklyn

The Post’s editorial rightly urges stronger pressure on Russia through secondary sanctions to compel Putin to negotiate.

Yet it overlooks Turkey and India, whose continued purchases of Russian oil active

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