As I sit here watching the genuine hero in Volodymyr Zelenskyy, I realize it is a ULM (Ukrainian Lives Matter) moment. The Charleston City Hall is flying a Ukrainian flag from its rooftop. Their action reminds me of the East Germans flying flags on top of the Berlin Wall.
Ukraine is standing up for American ideals of freedom and democracy. But we are not. Sanctions are like appeasement in 1938. They don’t stop a dictator intent on war. Only force does. Six years after 1938’s appeasement my uncle died in Normandy. Will my grandson die in the future because we did not stop this invasion today?
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America needs to decide what kind of country it is. Has it forgotten its origins that lead us to saving the South Koreans from complete tyranny? The Korean War sent American boys including Dog Company from Savannah to save a people. And they did. And it cost us in lives.
Freedom always comes with a cost. Because freedom is never free.
John Maclean, Savannah