For those interested in contributing directly to the Ukrainian defense forces or humanitarian endeavors of the government, I recommend and have donated to them at https://u24.gov.ua/ Slava Ukraini
I was born in 1952; I grew up thinking we, the United States of America, were the good guys. My faith was somewhat shaken by the war in Vietnam, but I never expected to see America supporting totalitarian Russia against a democracy. I am at a loss for what to say to my international friends...
Yes Jay - we've got to just keep going. We may have to deal more effectively with the shallowness of our political discourse, and make stopping tyrants and mass murderers edgy and cool.
As always, thanks to you Mr. Nordlinger. Keep going. Never stop. This is a pivotal time in geopolitical history.
I sometimes see a post relating to the Russia-Ukraine war to the effect "why don't you strap on a rifle and go fight for Ukraine yourself?". It has occurred to me that those who write clearly and convincingly using moral truth about freedom and democracy are, indeed, putting on their best weaponry and fighting the good fight.
I’m glad there are voices like yours, Garry Kasparov, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Tim Mak of The Counteroffensive, Timothy Snyder, Adam Kinzinger and others who write and speak eloquently on Ukraine’s behalf. Your words and passions perfectly echo my sentiments.
Perhaps, as Andrew Roberts suggests, the United States has not "changed sides"—we aren't subsidizing the Russian military with billions of dollars and materiel—but has pivoted to a position of strategic ambivalence. After all, the European Union (the UK too) is an exponent of tyranny, albeit of a sophisticated, devolved variety more palatable to modern sensibilities than airstrikes on one's neighbors. (See the cases of Graham Linehan, Hamit Coskun and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for a taste of an especial British-flavored totalitarianism.)
For those interested in contributing directly to the Ukrainian defense forces or humanitarian endeavors of the government, I recommend and have donated to them at https://u24.gov.ua/ Slava Ukraini
I was born in 1952; I grew up thinking we, the United States of America, were the good guys. My faith was somewhat shaken by the war in Vietnam, but I never expected to see America supporting totalitarian Russia against a democracy. I am at a loss for what to say to my international friends...
Yes Jay - we've got to just keep going. We may have to deal more effectively with the shallowness of our political discourse, and make stopping tyrants and mass murderers edgy and cool.
Excellent column. Thank you very much.
As always, thanks to you Mr. Nordlinger. Keep going. Never stop. This is a pivotal time in geopolitical history.
I sometimes see a post relating to the Russia-Ukraine war to the effect "why don't you strap on a rifle and go fight for Ukraine yourself?". It has occurred to me that those who write clearly and convincingly using moral truth about freedom and democracy are, indeed, putting on their best weaponry and fighting the good fight.
I’m glad there are voices like yours, Garry Kasparov, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Tim Mak of The Counteroffensive, Timothy Snyder, Adam Kinzinger and others who write and speak eloquently on Ukraine’s behalf. Your words and passions perfectly echo my sentiments.
Perhaps, as Andrew Roberts suggests, the United States has not "changed sides"—we aren't subsidizing the Russian military with billions of dollars and materiel—but has pivoted to a position of strategic ambivalence. After all, the European Union (the UK too) is an exponent of tyranny, albeit of a sophisticated, devolved variety more palatable to modern sensibilities than airstrikes on one's neighbors. (See the cases of Graham Linehan, Hamit Coskun and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for a taste of an especial British-flavored totalitarianism.)