Us and Them

Forgive me if what I say is seen as offensive… but I say these things only because I take offense to their INACTION.

What good does the North Atlantic Treaty Organization do us if it’s unable to prevent the death and displacement of 40 million people?

What value does the United Nations provide us if they stand SILENT as it happens?

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(@3:10 in the video) “None of the U.N. agencies seem to be able to call out the aggressor by name.”

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Who would want to be part of the European Union, if they are so weak as to allow ONE MAN to invade another sovereign nation?

What State wouldn’t call for an end to this Union, if 40 million Ukrainian Civilians were left to fight a Nuclear Superpower ALONE… as our B-52 Bombers sit rotting on the tarmac.

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The threat of World War III isn’t upon us… that threat has already PASSED. It’s already here. ONE MAN has declared it so, as he disregarded 80 years of progress toward peace and security.

The shots have already been fired. We are IN that fight as of this moment. Whether we choose to engage, whether we choose to ignore… that fight has arrived, and it will be seen throughout history as our CHOICE.

The decisions we made. The actions we took. The lines we allowed to be crossed… the RESULTS of our decisions. Etched in stone. Memorialized annually, at cemeteries throughout the WORLD.

Where World Leaders will trot out, inconvenienced by the RAIN and SNOW, and give impassioned speeches… shedding tears as an aged soldier stands and salutes…

“If ONLY they had acted! If ONLY they had known!”

—Some Future President

… of some future organization or republic. Looking BACK through tear-stained eyes. Proudly speaking of their future. Proclaiming NEVER AGAIN… as it has been done, so many times before…

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And those failed unions and organizations will be dissolved… PROUDLY, as they allowed the carnage to occur. Indicted and convicted, in the hearts and minds of every future historian, as the ultimate cause… of a WAR that was allowed to happen.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

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Hitler’s actions didn’t start WWII. Tanks and planes may have invaded those first few countries, but it was allowed to happen… with the stroke of a PEN.

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It was all allowed to happen. Inside Hallowed Halls. Behind ancient WOODEN DESKS. They SAT… and millions died.

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—Robert Cecil, April 18, 1946

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The League of Nations did great work… until they did not.

NATO saved countless lives… until they did not.

The United Nations helped keep the peace… until they did not.

The United States of America was the Home of the BRAVE…

… until it was not.

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If ONLY they had known! If ONLY they had ACTED… but sadly, they could not.

They FEARED what might come from their actions, instead of doing what was RIGHT. Instead of doing what was necessary… to prevent what would come, if they did not ACT.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale

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Credit: Meet the Press, NBC News. March 6, 2022

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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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And for what would it happen, when it could have been so easily avoided…

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https://www.statista.com/chart/14636/defense-expenditures-of-nato-countries/

https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison

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The words written, on the automobile license plates of the Great State of New Hampshire come to mind… ‘Live FREE or Die’.

Now, why don’t we back down off this LEDGE… before someone really gets hurt.

-JC

#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦

Дон’т Феед тхе ТРОЛЛС.

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Ан оде то тхе Беан Цоунтерс, тхе Пенцил Пусхерс, тхе И.Т. анд Ресоурцес персоннел… тхе онес щхо аре реаллй ин цонтро.

Тхе Дееп Стате, иф йоу лике.

Тхе пеопле щхо ацтуаллй хаве то ФИЛЕ тхат реяуест анд маке суре ит’с ДЕЛИВЕРЕД щхере ит’с суппосед то.

ЛОГИСТИЦС. Схиппинг Цлеркс. Ессентиал Щоркерс, хаилед ас ХЕРОЕС ыуст сих монтхс аго. Тхе пеопле щхо невер гет тхе ЦРЕДИТ щхен ит хаппенс лике цлоцкщорк, БУТ… тхей до гет тхе ХАММЕР щхен сометхинг схадй гоес дощ.

Тхей маке суре тхингс го офф щитхоут а хитцх… 30 минуетс ор ЛЕСС. Еверй тиме. Гуарантее…

… унтил ит доесньт.

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ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “СпацеХ то лосе ас манй ас 40 Старлинк сателлитес дуе то спаце сторм”

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/09/spacex-losing-starlink-satellites-due-to-geomagnetic-space-storm.html

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ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “Тхе Тиме НАСА Лост а Марс Орбитер Бецаусе оф а Метриц Сйстем Михуп”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvzb5/the-time-nasa-lost-a-mars-orbiter-because-of-a-metric-system-mixup

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ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “У.С. троопс гуардинг нуцлеар миссилес тоок ЛСД, Аир Форце рецордс схощ”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-air-force-airment-lsd-cocaine-warren-air-force-base-wyoming-nuclear-missile-sites-records-show/

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“Тхе инфамоус 2007 инцидент ин щхицх сих нуцлеар щеапонс щере ункнощинглй флощн он а Б-52 оут оф Минот Аир Форце Басе, Нортх Дакота, то Барксдале Аир Форце Басе, Лоуисиана, щас оне оф тхе Аир Форце’с биггест блацк ейес, анд лед то тхе унпрецедентед, симултанеоус фиринг оф тхе тхен-сецретарй анд цхиеф оф стаф.”

ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “Ёу цан цалл 2007 нуке мишандлинг ан ембаррассмент, бут дон’т цалл ит тхе ‘Минот инцидент’”

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/06/25/you-can-call-2007-nuke-mishandling-an-embarrassment-but-dont-call-it-the-minot-incident/

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Еверы греат организатион ембрацес греат леадершип, анд еверы греат леадер кновс ВХЫ тхеы аре абле то суццеед…

‘Оур Генерал Манагер ис оур Доорман, анд оур Доорман ис оур Генерал Манагер’

Тхере ис но пиеце ор парт оф а велл-фунцтионинг ТЕАМ тхат цан бе игноред, анд еверёне ундерстандс тхе импортанце оф еверёне елсе’с ёб. Витхоут тхеир теам, но леадер воулд евер бе абле то суццеед. Лике а хигх-перформанце мачине, еач парт ис витал ин итс фунцтион… анд тхеы муст алл бе маинтаинед витх дедицатион.

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“тхере маы Невер Евер бе анотхер ман ас поверфул ас Станислав Петров”

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“Тхеы цоулд матч тхе мове анд пут Америцан форцес он Дефцон 3 — кновн то мовиегоерс ас тхат момент вхен тхе Аир Форце роллс оут бомберс, анд нуцлеар силос анд субмаринес аре пут он хигх алерт. Ор тхе пресидент цоулд ларгелы игноре ит, сендинг оут аидес то портраы Мр. Путин ас онце агаин мануфацтуринг а менаце, тхреатенинг Армагеддон фор а вар хе стартед витхоут провоцатион.”

ХЕАДЛИНЕ: “Путин Децларес а Нуцлеар Алерт, анд Биден Сеекс Де-есцалатион”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/us/politics/putin-nuclear-alert-biden-deescalation.html

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Вхен а мачине исн’т проперлы маинтаинед, ит вилл бе проне то фаилуре. Иф тхере’с нот еноугх греасе аддед то тхе пропер парт, ор евен тоо муч греасе ин тхе вронг спот… тхе ентире ассемблы цоулд судденлы флы апарт. Ор, ит цоулд юст симплы гринд то а ХАЛТ.

Басиц маинтенанце. Цуррент упдатес. Модернизед СОП. Еверы оне оф тхем, маркед офф он а чецклист… ригхт довн то тхе десигнатед лоцатион, ассигнед то тхат парт ас ит вас плацед он тхе варехоусе шелф, юст афтер ит вас унлоадед офф тхе ДЕЛИВЕРЫ ТРУЦК.

Вхен ёу пуш тхат БУТТОН… вхен ёу маке тхат ЦАЛЛ… хов до ёу кнов ит вилл ВОРК? Ит доесн’т юст хаппен… ит такес ВОРК.

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Ит цан таке ЫЕАРС то буилд а суццессфул теам, анд ит цан алл фалл апарт ин а сецонд… иф ве лосе ТРУСТ. Бецаусе тхат’с вхат ве’ре талкинг абоут хере. А Сацред Хонор… а Фундаментал Труст. Борн алонгсиде Пандора’с Бох вас ан имплицит анд ехплицит облигатион, тхе фаилуре оф вхич цоулд леад то тхе довнфалл оф оур цивилизатион.

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“И кнов нот витх вхат веапонс Ворлд Вар ИИИ вилл бе фоугхт, бут Ворлд Вар ИВ вилл бе фоугхт витх стицкс анд стонес.” — Алберт Еинстеин

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Вхат до ве хаве онце тхат труст хас беен ЛОСТ? Вхере до ве станд иф ве но лонгер станд УНИТЕД ин фуртхеранце оф тхат ЦОРЕ ПЛЕДГЕ… то протецт Хуманиты фром тхе деструцтион, борн оф оур сциентифиц ачиевементс?

Фриендс. Фамилы. Фратерниты… тхесе валуес кнов НО БОРДЕР. Тхеы кнов НО ФЛАГ. Анд тхеы аре стилл аливе ин тхе хеарт оф еверёне вхо хас а ХЕАРТ тхат’с стилл беатинг.

ОНЕ фаулты цоннецтион, ОНЕ лоосе сцрев… ОНЕ брокен вингнут шоулдн’т бе алловед то бринг абоут оур ултимате демисе.

Нот нов. Нот евер.

Тхе валуес фор вхич ве станд аре онлы ас РЕАЛ ас ве маке тхем…

анд томорров ис а НЕВ ДАЫ.

-JC

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Don’t Feed the TROLLS.

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An ode to the Bean Counters, the Pencil Pushers, the I.T. and Resources personnel… the ones who are really in control.

The Deep State, if you like.

The people who actually have to FILE that request and make sure it’s DELIVERED where it’s supposed to go.

LOGISTICS. Shipping Clerks. Essential Workers, hailed as HEROES just six months ago. The people who never get the CREDIT when it happens like clockwork, BUT… they do get the HAMMER when something shady goes down.

They make sure things go off without a hitch… 30 minuets or LESS. Every time. Guaranteed…

**… until it doesn’t.**

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/09/spacex-losing-starlink-satellites-due-to-geomagnetic-space-storm.html

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvzb5/the-time-nasa-lost-a-mars-orbiter-because-of-a-metric-system-mixup

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-air-force-airment-lsd-cocaine-warren-air-force-base-wyoming-nuclear-missile-sites-records-show/

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https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/06/25/you-can-call-2007-nuke-mishandling-an-embarrassment-but-dont-call-it-the-minot-incident/

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Every great organization embraces great leadership, and every great leader knows WHY they are able to succeed…

‘Our General Manager is our Doorman, and our Doorman is our General Manager’

There is no piece or part of a well-functioning TEAM that can be ignored, and everyone understands the importance of everyone else’s job. Without their team, no leader would ever be able to succeed. Like a high-performance machine, each part is vital in its function… and they must all be maintained with dedication.

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Screenshot from “there may Never Ever be another man as powerful as Stanislav Petrov” by EmpLemon

https://youtu.be/eRhHokffvBU?si=ZBcCEILnEZT-wI-c

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When a machine isn’t properly maintained, it will be prone to failure. If there’s not enough grease added to the proper part, or even too much grease in the wrong spot… the entire assembly could suddenly fly apart. Or, it could just simply grind to a HALT.

Basic maintenance. Current updates. Modernized SOP. Every one of them, marked off on a checklist… right down to the designated location, assigned to that part as it was placed on the warehouse shelf, just after it was unloaded off the DELIVERY TRUCK.

When you push that BUTTON… when you make that CALL… how do you know it will WORK? It doesn’t just happen… it takes WORK.

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It can take YEARS to build a successful team, and it can all fall apart in a second… if we lose TRUST. Because that’s what we’re talking about here. A Sacred Honor… a Fundamental Trust. Born alongside Pandora’s Box was an implicit and explicit obligation, the failure of which could lead to the downfall of our civilization.

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What do we have once that trust has been LOST? Where do we stand if we no longer stand UNITED in furtherance of that CORE PLEDGE… to protect Humanity from the destruction, born of our scientific achievements?

Friends. Family. Fraternity… these values know NO BORDER. They know NO FLAG. And they are still alive in the heart of everyone who has a HEART that’s still beating.

ONE faulty connection, ONE loose screw… ONE broken wingnut shouldn’t be allowed to bring about our ultimate demise.

Not now. Not ever.

The values for which we stand are only as REAL as we make them…

and tomorrow is a NEW DAY.

-JC

The Home of the Brave

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https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1496193282103250954?s=21

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Be it in pursuit of an enemy in retreat… this far and no farther.
Be it in the advance of forces in defense… this far and no farther.

The Enemies of Democracy come dressed in the same attire, seen countless times before. They come bearing badges of honor… to enforce THEIR RULE, upon those deemed worthy of merely being ruled over.

The Defenders of Democracy are myriad and opalescent. Carrying with them their CHILDREN… clothed only in the scars of WAR. They stand to defend. They MARCH out of necessity. They fight to defend their home.

A task deemed worthy of no less, than the loss of their OWN LIFE.

These are the values of a FREE PEOPLE.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/02/26/in-photos-ukrainian-volunteers-take-up-arms-as-russian-attacks-wreak-havoc-on-kyiv/?sh=10f18f6b6014

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So too, are the values of The People of The United States.

Because we know— if it can happen to ONE of us, then it can happen to us ALL. It’s only a matter of TIME. If we turn a blind eye now, toward the suffering and injustice; so too, for us… it will be the same. In our time of need, in our hour of oppression… our fate will have already been sealed, long before the first shots are fired.

As we cry out for HELP, the question will be asked… ‘What did you do to help keep their Democracy intact?’

Will it be said that the United States of America, stood on the sidelines and did nothing… or will it be remembered as a time in which we chose to ACT.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_…

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When they had the CHOICE they did not ACT. Now is the time of their regret. Because they did not know… and how could they? Their STORY had not yet been written.

Today, we reap the bounty of their misfortunes. We HONOR the memory of their sacrifices by ensuring it will never happen again.

There is no regret greater than that born of INACTION.

… words so wise, may they be etched in STONE for all time.

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The Great Frieze of the Liberty Memorial, sculptor Edmond Amateis

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Every Nation on every Continent who desires a rich and prosperous future, should stand opposed to these actions… as they endanger the future of us ALL.

-JC

The End of an Era

President Biden has now laid out in some detail, what the consequences will be if Vladimir Putin decides to invade Ukraine. He has done so on multiple occasions. And now… he believes President Putin has made a CHOICE.

Vladimir Putin has decided to bring about an end to the Post-Cold War Era and disregard all the progress we have made. He has concluded that the ‘Cold’ aspect of the Cold War was insufficient. As he sees it, there remain some issues that cannot be resolved without force. In his eyes… he sees no choice but to act unilaterally.

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So let us bid farewell, to the diplomatic understanding we’ve established between our two nations, over the course of these last 30 years. To the interdependence we’ve created and the scientific advancements we’ve realized, as well as the shared economic prosperity that comes from a PEACEFUL competition between two technologically advanced nations.

As President Biden said… this is the path Vladimir Putin has CHOSEN to pursue.

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https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/partners_us_russian_cooperation_in_human_spaceflight.pdf

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Our choices have consequences, every one of us. Our LEADERS are no exception. Whether elected by the VOTE of the people or NOT… they too, can be removed from their positions. Either by TIME or by the people… eventually, that time comes for us ALL.

A war of CHOICE only hastens the arrival of that day.

The consequences of their actions are felt by the people they leave behind after their descent. They linger, long after the conflict has ended, and they are never forgotten… no matter how much TIME has passed.

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https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/canada-urged-to-arrest-and-prosecute-george-w-bush/

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We know what becomes of Leaders who support a war of CHOICE… a war started based on LIES. A Master Class on deception was presented to the American People in the lead up to the War in Iraq, and for a time it worked. We believed our President when he said there was a threat.

But The People of the United States of America soundly REJECTED the idea of supporting a war of CHOICE just two election cycles later. Senator Hillary Clinton voted FOR the invasion… Senator Obama did NOT.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2008/01/obama-beats-hillary-over-head-with-iraq-008248

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The People reaffirmed that position in 2016.

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Twenty years later we can see where they LIED, and we can state with CONVICTION— the American People will not support a war of CHOICE… and we will not support those who do.

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Let our story STAND as a cautionary tale for those who would CHOOSE war over diplomacy. Did the United States achieve any of our initial objectives? Have we secured more LAND or more RESOURCES? On the contrary. Our War on Terror has decidedly produced the opposite effect… for those who started the war, and for The People who continue to PAY for it.

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Our standing on the World Stage… tarnished. Our authority on issues of World Peace and National Security… diminished. Because we were blinded by patriotism and a manipulated sense of duty, we forgot the reason we were already at war. We were supposed to be fighting a group of ideologically radicalized individuals who attacked us without provocation.

For their own self-interest. For their own warped sense of reality.

Our Leaders ignored that lesson and chose to engage in a war of vengeance, a war of convenience… a war of CHOICE. And now, twenty years later… those SCARS are forever part of the fabric that makes up our society. Decisions made by FORMER Leaders that will continue to shape our future… long after their TIME has come and gone.

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War, whether justified or not, brings with it unintended consequences. The vulgarity and the brutality on full display, will ironically highlight the HUMANITY of those involved in the conflict. In the wake of Blitzkrieg or Shock-and-Awe lies devastation. Lives shattered and infrastructure destroyed.

What comes AFTER those fires are extinguished will shine brightly, contrasted against the haze sparked by the aggressors. Schools leveled; children left hungry. Diaspora… overwhelming loss and need. Even if those images are restricted, in time the World will learn of those actions. In time… everyone will be able to SEE.

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http://thememoryhole2.org/blog/the-military-coffin-photos-1

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Those images can touch the souls of every person… regardless of race, color, or creed. They can strengthen the resolve of those who stand opposed to the aggressors, and they can inspire CHANGE on a global scale.

For out of the ashes will grow HOPE. Out of necessity… to ensure it can never happen again.

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After the conclusion of WWII, African Americans who served abroad as Free Men, came home to a Jim Crow segregated South. Twenty years later, those who fought for Liberty abroad, joined in the fight for the same thing HERE… and they secured their Right to Vote.

Women, who had stepped up to fill the void in our workforce as our G.I.’s went off to war, felt slighted when they were sent ‘back to the kitchen’ as our soldiers came home. But Liberty, once seen cannot be forgotten. Liberation was the cause they took up in the wake of aggression… a fight, that continues to this day.

Let there be NO DOUBT. Vladimir Putin’s war of CHOICE will produce the same. It will be the catalyst of change, both at HOME and ABROAD… and our WORLD will never be the same.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-04/russia-captures-no-2-rank-among-foreign-oil-suppliers-to-u-s

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All that stands between us and the ash-heap of history… is our WORD. Our BOND. The principals for which we continue to STAND. Where is it written that we should COWER in the face of aggression, for FEAR of what may come?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine

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Every word I’ve ever seen written on the subject, demands that we STAND STRONG and do everything within our power to avoid war… whatever the COST might be. Our ACTIONS in this moment will determine the future of the Post-War Era… so too, will our INACTION.

We cannot control the actions of others; we can only control the actions of ourselves. And one day… we will be judged based on those actions.