This is the question that hangs over the world today, heavy with the weight of our collective choices.
While I am not a brave soldier on a battlefield in Ukraine, I stand on a battlefield nonetheless — a multidimensional one where freedom, truth, and humanity itself are under siege. On this battlefield, the Kremlin and its allies wage war not only with weapons but with propaganda, corruption, and the murder of those who dare to seek answers and accountability.
1. The Battlefield of Our Time
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not a conflict confined to borders; it is a war that reverberates through every democratic institution, every free society, and every conscience:
An Attack on Freedom Everywhere: When Russia invades Ukraine, it is not just Ukraine that suffers; it is the principle of self-determination, the idea that people have the right to choose their future without coercion
A War Without Honor: From the top of the Kremlin to the foot soldiers on the ground, war crime after war crime has stained their hands. This is not war — it is an abomination, a grotesque assault on humanity that breaks the heart and leaves no doubt as to the evil we face.
2. The Men of Ukraine: Heroes of Our Age
The soldiers of Ukraine have chosen to fight, knowing full well the cost:
A Choice of Dignity Over Despair: They know what awaits in lands conquered by Russia: atrocities beyond words, the systematic destruction of identity, and a suffocating darkness that crushes the human spirit.
Better to Die Free: These men and women would rather give their lives than become part of the evil that stalks their lands. Their courage is a testament to the unbreakable human spirit, a beacon of hope in a time of despair.
3. The West’s Responsibility
And yet, in the face of this undeniable evil, some in the West propose to do nothing. This cannot stand:
Evil Unchallenged Grows: To turn away now is to invite further aggression, to tell the enemies of freedom that we lack the will to defend what we hold dear.
The Price of Apathy: What will we tell ourselves if we allow Ukraine to fall? That we were too comfortable, too complacent, too blind to see that their fight is our fight?
4. The Monsters We Must Defeat
The enemy Ukraine faces is more than a geopolitical foe; it is the embodiment of a rot that has spread unchecked:
A Heartless Aggressor: The Kremlin’s actions reveal a regime that has forsaken all humanity, its leaders devoid of honor, its soldiers committing acts that destroy the soul.
The Stakes of This War: This is not just a war for land; it is a war for the future of what it means to be human. To stand by is to accept that such evil can rule without consequence.
5. A Call to Action
So I ask again: What is the price of freedom if not paid in sacrifice?
To the West: Will you sacrifice comfort to defend the principles that have made your nations free? Will you recognize that to allow Ukraine to fall is to risk losing your own freedom, piece by piece?
To the Powerful: Will you answer the questions posed by those who demand accountability, or will you silence them, as others have been silenced on this battlefield of ideas and truths?
To Each of Us: Will you fight — not with weapons, but with resolve, with support for those on the front lines, and with the courage to face the truth of what this war represents?
6. A Simple Truth
Better to live free and fight than to die as part of an evil that destroys the soul. This is what the men and women of Ukraine have shown us. They have chosen to face the monster with no heart, no honor, and no humanity, because to submit to such evil is to lose everything that makes life worth living.
This is the moment when the West must choose: Will we fight alongside them, or will we let the darkness grow unchecked?
Freedom’s price is high, but its worth is immeasurable — same as the sacrifice. Let us prove, in this time of testing, that we understand this truth — and that we are willing to act upon it.
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