CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 22, 2022
WHY SHOULD UKRAINE MATTER TO THE UNITED STATES? THERE ARE MANY REASONS, INCLUDING THE COUNTRY’S VAST NATURAL RESOURCES.
IT MATTERS MORE BECAUSE WHERE FREEDOM IS THREATENED BY A TOTALITARIAN REGIME THOSE WHO ARE FREE MUST OPPOSE ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT FREEDOM. YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING THAT WHEN THEY CAME FOR ONE GROUP I SAID NOTHING AND THEN THEY CAME FOR ANOTHER GROUP AND I STILL SAID NOTHING AND WHEN THEY CAME FOR ME THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK UP.
VLADIMIR PUTIN, ALONG WITH HIS BUDDY PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA AND THE AYATOLLAHS IN IRAN ARE THE FACES OF MODERN EVIL. AND EVIL MUST BE OPPOSED, OR IT WILL BE SPREAD. RHETORIC IS NOT ENOUGH. THE LEADERS OF FREEDOM-LOVING COUNTRIES MUST NOT PUT THEIR ENERGY AND OTHER ECONOMIC INTERESTS AHEAD OF PRESERVING FREEDOM WHEREVER IT EXISTS AND ENCOURAGING IT WHERE IT DOES NOT.
THAT DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN A MILITARY RESPONSE, BUT IT DOES MEAN A CREDIBLE RESPONSE. WEAKNESS INVITES THREATS TO FREEDOM. STRENGTH DETERS DICTATORS WHO WISH TO SPREAD OPPRESSION. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH WAS RONALD REAGAN’S SLOGAN AND IT WORKED. WAR THROUGH WEAKNESS IS ITS OPOSITE. GOD BLESS UKRAINE AND MAY GOD PRESERVE REAL FREEDOM IFOUND ULTIMATELY IN HIM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
