Invasion

The Russian tanks rolled passed the Ukrainian border on February 22, 2022, its army is bombing cities, killing civilians, attempting to take over a sovereign country. Some fear Ukraine will be the first domino to fall in Vladimir Putin’s master plan to reestablish the old Soviet Union or reconfigure Mother Russia. After Ukraine, Poland and then the Baltics will be next. We have seen this behavior before throughout history, megalomaniacs like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoléon, Hitler, Hirohito, and many others, fueled by their insatiable desire to rule other sovereign countries and people, expanding their empires until they gain world domination.

Individual and national sovereignty is a fundamental right that must be defended with the highest priority. And that’s why Ukrainian citizens are fighting back so hard. Putin is trying to strip them of their ability for self-rule and self-determination. The Ukrainians could end the death and destruction today, simply by surrendering to Russia, but they do not want to become subjects of Vladimir Putin. They want freedom, and are willing to fight and die for it – that is a natural human response to subjugation. Over 200 years ago, during our revolutionary war against the tyranny of King George, Patrick Henry proclaimed, “give me liberty, or give me death.” Human beings want to be free. The human spirit would rather die than be contained.