My father fought against the Nazis in World War II.
My father told me about how it was to fight against the Nazis in World War II. The horrors that he witnessed are too graphic for me to describe here. But I remember him telling me that it was the most important thing that he ever did in his life. He helped to defeat Adolf Hitler.
He said that if Hitler had not been defeated, he would conquer the world. And it reminds me of what’s going on in Ukraine. This country is under ferocious attack by a knockoff Hitler. Ukraine is a “buffer.” Ukraine is the country that stands between Putin and the rest of NATO, and the rest of Europe. If Ukraine is conquered by Putin, the dominoes will fall. First Poland, then other countries in Europe. We’ve seen this movie before. If you give an inch, a brutal dictator will take a mile. It is crucial that Putin must be stopped now! I’m getting to the point where I want to go to Ukraine and fight against the Russians. But at 70 years of age, that’s probably unrealistic. So, how can I help to fulfill my father’s legacy? What can we all do?
For starters, we can all support President Joe Biden during this unprecedented time in our country’s history. We can all vote! We can all vote against Ron Johnson and the other Republicans who would rather spend the 4th of July in Moscow, instead of in the U.S.A. We can all drive less to save on fuel. We can all contribute whatever we can to the Ukrainian citizens who are under attack by the knockoff Hitler. We can all expose the GOP for being in bed with Putin. Social media is a good place to do this. While I love Daily Kos, we are preaching to the choir. I’ve taken to Twitter to denounce Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, Marco Ruble, and the other Republicans who are standing with Team Trump/Putin. But I will not go on Facebook to do this because, honestly, no one should be on Facebook.
We must expose and boycott any companies who are still doing business in Russia. Even Philip Morris and companies who sell Russian Vodka are boycotting Russia. Imagine Russian soldiers having to fight without Vodka and cigarettes? That’s like Donald Trump Jr. trying to function without snorting cocaine.
And I’m glad to see that the Swiss have finally abandoned their neutral status when it comes to Ukraine. The Swiss have joined the international community in freezing SWIFT accounts of Russian oligarchs. Previously, if the Swiss had to choose between God and the Devil, the Swiss would remain agnostic.
36 Russian oligarchs control 95% of Russia’s wealth. Let’s seize their yachts and their luxury apartments at Trump Tower. Let’s make the Russian Ruble crash and burn and turn it into a rubble.
It’s all hands-on deck. We must all do whatever we can to make Putin suffer.
What can YOU do?
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