Sunday, April 3, 2022

It Is Time...

Ladies and Gentlemen:

It is time.

We can debate the degree to which we should get involved in the conflagration in Ukraine.  At what point is our involvement causis belli, at the risk of sparking a larger-scale war?  It is a legitimate worry.

What is unjustifiable though is to allow any country to execute civilians.  Yes, in war, civilians die.  they die when they get caught in the crossfire.  Right and proper armies do their best to prevent civilian casualties.

Civilians with their hands tied behind their backs and then shot execution-style were not caught in the crossfire.  They were not taking up arms.  We have now entered the area in which civilized men and women must raise a collective voice and say "enough!"  That collective voice must be followed with a collective effort.

I do not know what such an effort might look like.  It can certainly start with the MiGs in Poland.

If we as a nation look at this and do nothing more than wring our hands, then we do not deserve the countries we are so fortunate to have.

It is time.  It is time to cease standing idly by the blood of our neighbours.

R/SCG