(#6396) Ukraine still standing tall despite no missile defenses

      The people of Ukraine are my hero! Their civilization is not being admired by me as necessarily being some intellectually advanced civilization like the early Greeks but instead by their resolute steely-eyed determination to maintain freedom and liberty from the tyrant putin trying to overthrow and kill them. Talk about standing up to a bully! There is little in the reality of our human history like this. Certainly nothing in our modern history. To be clear here I am not saying the Ukrainian people are not capable of enlightened  intellectualism, it is just a comparison to paradigms that drive the point home. Ukraine is the master of the Universe right now in the realm of courage and wit when facing enormous odds to survive and succeed.
     These last nearly four and a half years have reinforced my belief that good as a rule will always defeat the evil that some use against us. The power of the motivations in our hearts and minds is the greater impetus against all other dishonorable impulses. Even the disjointed security the United States has offered doesn't deter the Ukrainian people from their purpose. The European Union and NATO have stepped in to do as much as they can reasonably do but without some key components of defense the United States has makes Ukraine vulnerable when those components are being withheld. That trump started a ridiculous war with Iran as a distraction from internal US issues trump has put Ukraine in a difficult position.
     With the focus coming off Ukraine and its struggle to hold back the Russian dogs of war invading their country, the needs of Ukraine to protect itself are slipping out of immediate notice. This helps putin as he takes advantage and fires missile after missile at Ukraine, both at military targets and criminally at civilian targets. Ukraine being little able to do anything about even one of them. But Ukraine endures the missile onslaught because they know they will soon have defenses and they are not quitters as is evidenced by their courage. When this invasion of putin is finally put down the history books will reveal the nature of his defeat. They will recount the many acts of bravery and persistence the Ukrainian people displayed in order to remain an amazingly admired free sovereign nation!