History

We need to learn the lessons from history.

Tyrants rule because good men do nothing...

Americans have long had a bent towards isolationism.  Let Europe and the rest of the world solve their own problems.  Let's just take care of us.  That has been our attitude...

That sounds nice, but in the past, it has led to disastrous consequences.  

Our attitude of isolationism was a factor in Hitler's expanding of Nazi Germany.  He annexed Austria and we did nothing.  He took the Sudetenland and the world watched.  Then he took the rest of Czechoslovakia and we wished that things were different.  But we did nothing.

At some point, the world must stand up to tyrants.

If you have not guessed it yet, I am talking about Putin.

In 2008 Putin invaded the country of Georgia, taking their warm water ports on the Black Sea.  We did nothing.  In 2014 Russians invaded and took the Crimean peninsula.  We did nothing.  Was it any surprise that Putin invaded Ukraine?  Now there is talk of Russian troops going into Moldova.  Putin has killed scores of people who oppose him.

Tyrants rule because good men do nothing.

Years ago, I was out to dinner at a restaurant on Noland road with the Armadillo softball team.  One of our guys evidently had words with a very drunk fellow.  A bit later, the drunk fellow approached our table and pulled out a knife.  The entire table of 12 guys stood up in unison.  The fellow's friend grabbed him and pulled him away.

Things only change when people stand up to evil.  It is time for the world to stand up.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

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