We find ourselves wanting to know what we can do.
And immediately there isn’t much unless the Western governments want to bring us even closer to a larger war. We could and should go help, but it would only make things worse.
And yet there are those in this country who think Putin is “stronger” and are speaking out for him completely forgetting that there is fantasy and there is reality. It is all wonderful to support an autocrat when you are on that person’s page so to speak. Once you cross that entity though your life changes dramatically.
What made our country great was a slow march to making our Constitution come to life. We are still working on bringing it to it’s vision to completeness and currently facing setbacks. Yet it was this slow march that brought an end to slavery, the vote for all people, for awhile a strong working and middle class, potential economic prosperity to large swaths of the country, more freedoms to express opinions, the ability for innovation and for people to benefit from this innovation, a large public education system (could be much better, but we are building), and much more.
Now we have people in our country who think greatness is taking this away. Some are even benefiting from the discourse of our destruction and prefer supporting a man that would shut them down in a heartbeat if anything they said crossed his plans.They benefit from what this country built, yet want to throw it all away because of their short term gain supporting a false sense of what is strength.
Right now the people of Ukraine are the strong ones defiantly fighting against an oppressor who only has his interests in mind. What military might he has he inherited from a previous repressive regime who fell because eventually people want more for themselves. Unfortunately before the people could gather themselves and start their own slow march to greatness this petty person took hold of power for his own benefit.
Real greatness takes time and I hope one day the people of Russia are able to shake off the shackles of decades of autocratic rule and centuries of tzarist rule to become the facilitator and building block of Euroasian societies and cultures coming together to continue to make the world better for all. This should be their destiny.
Right now though Ukraine is fighting for what made us great. The right of people electing their leaders to benefit the whole of the country instead of crushing repression that only benefit a few. It is a shame so many in our country are forgetting who we were becoming.
Maybe the supporters of everything that is antithetical to our values and the values of our Constitution should go live in their false paradise of rule under Putin and let the real strong people come to the forefront. It takes real strength to fight for what is right in the face of extreme adversity than spitting out garbage from your mouth that benefits no one but yourself.
The people of Ukraine need all the support we can give them and the easiest thing we can do to start is quit propping up the lies of evil.
And a note to Xi Jinping. Are you taking note of Putin’s lies to justify his behavior? In the long run do you want a lying and untrustworthy friend or a worthy adversary? Is it better to know your competition or not know your friend?
Long live Ukraine!
