🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish President Duda responded to calls from some Western politicians who say Ukraine should accept the loss of certain territories.
"If you are so generous to Russia, why not give a piece of your land? Why should any sovereign country satisfy Russia? On what grounds does Russia deserve something — especially someone else's territory?"
Hi, Senator Vance. This is Arlington National Cemetery. My dad is interred here. He earned that privilege in 1944-45.
In France.
In Belgium.
In Germany.
He fought in hand-to-hand combat. He had to shoot members of the Hitler Youth, who were so radicalized they were fighting for a failed state. Do you have any idea what dropping a 13-year-old does to a man's soul? Even if that 13-year-old is trying to kill you.
He was among one of the first US troops to liberate one of Buchenwald's satellite camps.
He earned his spot.
As a veteran who bravely fought as a REMF in Public Relations behind a camera, I'm sure you can appreciate that.
My grandparents told me that my father was never the same when he came back home. They didn't call it PTSD back then. He followed the instructions of the Veterans Administration. Smoke up - it's good for you. Dad tried to drown the memories of Buchenwald and the Ardennes with scotch. He put the fun in dysfunctional.
My dad only told me his war stories once. Otherwise, he never talked about his experiences. I was 13. It was summer. My mom was away on a business trip. Dad got very drunk, and over the span of 3 to 4 hours, he told me everything. And he never spoke of it again.
In 1998, I made peace with my father. Ironically, in a dark Washington, D.C. cigar bar with the longest list of single malt scotch on the East Coast, I gave my dad a Hoyo de Monterrey cigar from a case I had purchased in Germany.
Unlike the fake childhood trauma you wrote about in Hillbilly Elegy, dad knew that I was beyond reached by his drinking. I won't get into the details. Yet, here we are, in a dark bar in Washington, D.C., with the longest list of single malt scotch on the East Coast. Was setting up dad for failure? No.
I told him to order whatever he wanted. He ordered a flight of scotch, aged from 8 years to 25 years. I helped him prepare his Cubano cigar, and he took a long drag, and I lit mine. I was never a scotch drinker, I can't remember what I ordered.
Senator Vance, after the cigars were lit, I don't think my dad and I said 50 words between us. We smoked our cigars, and he sipped his scotch. He told me he had never had a cigar in his life, and this was an amazing smoke. He called the scotch the finest he had in his life. And he told me he was proud of me. In Washington, D.C., for a meeting with a lobbying firm.
My dad passed in 1999, but I do know he wouldn't support Donald Trump. How do I know that? In 1972, Dad worked on the McGovern campaign. One of my earliest memories as a child was of my father cheering when Nixon announced his resignation in 1975. I didn't understand who Nixon was or why my dad just cheered and jumped up off the floor where he liked to watch TV. I knew it was important.
My father fought literal Nazis; you, sir, literally embrace them. My father told me to his dying day that Patton was right, and the U.S. should have fought the Soviets right there and then, as the Russians can never be trusted. You, sir, literally spread Russian propaganda and are a member of the Congressional Fifth Column. Donald Trump collaborates with autocrat Vladimir Putin. My father liberated concentration camps. You, sir, with Donald Trump, call for them to be built.
You know nothing about sacrifice and are working to tear down the legacy given to you.
Russians have been sending me death threats non stop since I criticised their wasteland of a country and documented their crimes.
What I’ve learned in Ukraine is that when you threaten people in a democracy, it makes them more determined.
So I will be making even more reports from the front lines and across this country, to show the world what is happening here.
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I talked with lawmakers today and US is going to lift restrictions on its weapons if North Korea sends troops into Ukraine to fight. We should hear more about this in the news soon, either today or tomorrow. Congress will be briefed soon about the situation as well. Please call your member of congress and let them know you support this measure and ask for an Ukraine bill for weapons and aide. Thanks.
@__Injaneb96 It ain't the religion it is the person. You will find many more instances of Christians committing crimes in America than you will Muslims.
“A floating island of garbage…?” Referring to Puerto Rico???
“Poisoning the blood of our nation…?”
We have “murder in our genes….?”
Fuck these racists. Latino men of good will, have pride in yourselves and your ancestors. A vote for Trump is a vote against self-respect.
@Intentional_Liv My son has locations turned on for family and all of my adult kids do. This is about safety I have my location turned on for my brothers as well.
Our children understood that if they wanted a phone some things were non-negotiable.
4/ These historic elections will define the trajectory for Georgia. Unless Georgian people stand up, their country will become a russian puppet like Belarus.
The billionaire owners of major American newspapers are blocking their editorial boards from endorsing Kamala Harris for President because they fear retribution from Trump if he wins.
In a democracy, newspapers should not fear the president, the president should fear newspapers.