If you watched the return of the freed Americans last night, and unless your heart is made of stone, who didn’t have tears in their eyes at the homecoming scenes and how much it meant to those people to do something that we take for granted every day – set foot on American soil?
It was powerful and moving. It is evidence of how important …
If you watched the return of the freed Americans last night, and unless your heart is made of stone, who didn’t have tears in their eyes at the homecoming scenes and how much it meant to those people to do something that we take for granted every day – set foot on American soil?
It was powerful and moving. It is evidence of how important it is to have a statesman, not a narcissist, at the helm. And it is a timely reminder of the significance of having allied nations in the world who will step up to help us when we need them, as opposed to having to go it alone if an isolationist President and government turn their back on those other countries, which will remember it and leave us to fix our problems by ourselves.
We thrive in the global community when we honor our treaties, keep our word, and work together in collaborative leadership. Most assuredly those friendly nations do not want for us to return to the dark days of a Trump administration. Maybe America should listen and learn as to why. Clearly, it matters. Yesterday, while the former President tried to make it about himself, we were our best selves as we took care of our own and worked with our friends to finalize a deal that made us look a little more humane, compassionate, and just plain better around the world, and which made us feel proud to be who we are. It is a temporary reprieve as long as Putin continues to take hostages and our internal enemies are willing to surrender to his agenda. But it also reminded us of our power to be better than that -- if we collectively are strong enough to demand it.
The schoolyard bullies cannot steal my joy. Seeing genuine happiness, watching Biden and Harris greet them, watching Sullivan tear up at the thought of what's been accomplished for the families - aw hell I'm tearing up thinking about it.
Reading that trump is melting all the way down and vance is saying dumb things on cue is such a contrast. They are small, small men.
The WSJ Journal article linked to in the Catching Up section is a long but rousing read, focused primarily on Evan Gershowitz and his family. Real life spy thriller.
It was also clear that Putin had no reason whatsoever to think that OCF could work the same diplomatic miracle with Chancellor Scholz, who recently was quoted favorably about Kamala based upon his interaction with her at the various international meetings she has attended for Joe in the past year or two. He was not asked about his relationship with OCF.
Just found this alternative theory on the Economist: Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota, said that the Russians agreed to the deal because they think Mr Trump will win in November and “they don’t want to deal with him.”
In contrast, it should not escape our attention that neither DJT's self-serving message nor any other followup after the safe return of our people stated the most basic and obvious thing to say in the situation: "Welcome home".
If you watched the return of the freed Americans last night, and unless your heart is made of stone, who didn’t have tears in their eyes at the homecoming scenes and how much it meant to those people to do something that we take for granted every day – set foot on American soil?
It was powerful and moving. It is evidence of how important it is to have a statesman, not a narcissist, at the helm. And it is a timely reminder of the significance of having allied nations in the world who will step up to help us when we need them, as opposed to having to go it alone if an isolationist President and government turn their back on those other countries, which will remember it and leave us to fix our problems by ourselves.
We thrive in the global community when we honor our treaties, keep our word, and work together in collaborative leadership. Most assuredly those friendly nations do not want for us to return to the dark days of a Trump administration. Maybe America should listen and learn as to why. Clearly, it matters. Yesterday, while the former President tried to make it about himself, we were our best selves as we took care of our own and worked with our friends to finalize a deal that made us look a little more humane, compassionate, and just plain better around the world, and which made us feel proud to be who we are. It is a temporary reprieve as long as Putin continues to take hostages and our internal enemies are willing to surrender to his agenda. But it also reminded us of our power to be better than that -- if we collectively are strong enough to demand it.
Honestly, he's such a POS. What a disgraceful figure to ever have represented us on the world stage.
The schoolyard bullies cannot steal my joy. Seeing genuine happiness, watching Biden and Harris greet them, watching Sullivan tear up at the thought of what's been accomplished for the families - aw hell I'm tearing up thinking about it.
Reading that trump is melting all the way down and vance is saying dumb things on cue is such a contrast. They are small, small men.
Exactly, all around. Well said.
The WSJ Journal article linked to in the Catching Up section is a long but rousing read, focused primarily on Evan Gershowitz and his family. Real life spy thriller.
It was also clear that Putin had no reason whatsoever to think that OCF could work the same diplomatic miracle with Chancellor Scholz, who recently was quoted favorably about Kamala based upon his interaction with her at the various international meetings she has attended for Joe in the past year or two. He was not asked about his relationship with OCF.
Just found this alternative theory on the Economist: Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota, said that the Russians agreed to the deal because they think Mr Trump will win in November and “they don’t want to deal with him.”
This morning I saw a pic of Uncle Joe smiling in the pre-dawn dark greeting the hostages. Corkscrew to the heart.
I watched the scene unfold last night and I couldn’t stop smiling. It was amazing!
In contrast, it should not escape our attention that neither DJT's self-serving message nor any other followup after the safe return of our people stated the most basic and obvious thing to say in the situation: "Welcome home".
That would be too much like right.
I've seen the videos/pictures of the summit in Helsinki. I'd love to know the color of the sky in the world where Putin is afraid of Trump.
You're going to have to wonder, until man gets to that other world, and I don't mean only Mars where the sky must be red 😏.