Given the universal values at stake, I am dismayed that more Westerners have not joined the fight in Ukraine.
I am reminded of the way writers Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, and Pablo Neruda led the brigade of those who not only sounded that clarion call, but rushed themselves to join the fight for democratic freedom against the forces of autocratic fascism in Spain in 1936. And kudos to actor Sean Penn for heading to Ukraine. But directing a war documentary and publishing tweets hardly seem like honoring the call to arms…
President Zelensky and his brave Ukrainians are clearly outgunned and outmanned. So they can be forgiven for wondering where today’s foreign volunteers are. Especially those with military experience who can man the sophisticated weapons even once-bitten, twice-shy Germany has now agreed to send…
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