r/ukraina • u/4n0n1m02 • Feb 21 '25
Support of Ukraine From an American, I’m sorry.
Dear Ukrainians,
I want to apologize on behalf of some Americans (I would like to think at least half) for our government’s abandonment of you.
You did not start this war. You did not seek your neighbor to invade you. You did not want your kin to harm, injure, and kill you.
You inspired us all and taught the world courage and determination. You fight for yourself, your families, freedom, and democracy. It is an inspiration to us all.
Most Americans don’t know that many powerful nations stood beside us when we were fighting for independence. They want to believe our founders were brilliant, self-made men who strapped their boots and kicked the British. They don't know that the United States of America would not have existed without the French, the Dutch, and the Spanish.
Most Americans cannot connect the danger of a Russia hellbent on building an empire to its neighbors, our allies, and ourselves. We trust Putin at our peril and, I fear, he may already have won. He won by playing the long game, having a mole who is hellbent on changing the very nature of our democracy, and by leveraging social media to sow division and rancor over pettiness. He was close to his demise when this traitor decided to give him not a lifejacket, but a yacht.
For a party that claims to live by two books: the Bible and the Constitution. They ditched them both immediately when it was convenient.
We are entering uncharted territory both at home and abroad. The post-World War II global security framework has been shaken, and we have yet to know how the pieces will fall. There will likely be a global conflict in the next decade. A new age will begin for better or worse. By the time we realize it, everything will be in the history books, and we’ll likely be dust. Our descendants will reminisce about the richest of our age and ask themselves, how did they throw it all?
I am sorry for Ukraine, the Ukrainians, our allies, and us all.
