03/05/2025
"The American people and our congress overwhelmingly support helping Ukraine to defend itself against the Russian invasion. This war is being fought by a free democracy through brave Ukrainian patriots and volunteers from around the world against a Russian dictatorship that would permanently extinguish freedom in Ukraine. Brave Americans fought their own War of Independence for eight years. We honor those citizen soldiers to this day as we likewise honor the foreign volunteers such as Lafayette and Pulaski who fought and bled alongside them. At any time during our War of Independence our leaders could have said, "We must stop killing" and surrendered consigning Americans to a life of subjugation and exploitation. The Americans, like the Ukrainians, rejected the temporary comfort of surrender. The result was the establishment of the greatest beacon of freedom and hope in the history of the world. Ukraine's fight against Russia is likewise a beacon to free people everywhere. There is another way to stop the killing besides surrender and that is victory. In our War of Independence we chose victory. In World War I we chose victory. In World War II we chose victory. In the face of Russian criminal aggression Ukraine and the free world have chosen victory over the temporary but ultimately bitter relief of surrender." ~ John Zarych, Esq.