No. It carved up Europe and led to almost fifty years of brutal Soviet occupation, mass killings, deportations to Siberian gulags, torture, rape, resource plundering, and repressions in Eastern Europe and Ukraine. You know, those “influence zones”. Those grey blobs on the map.
As someone from one of those grey blobs on the map, I wonder if you’ve ever seen a russian tank up close and personal. I have. It’s a pretty primitive and unwieldy thing, as tanks go. But I tell you what, it’s quite excellent at crushing limbs. Really quite effective.
Still; in 1990, the Baltics stood up the Soviet tanks with a chain of hands and a song. And we’ll do it again, alongside Ukraine. With or without you. I get it, you’re a bit busy right now. Maybe a little confused. It’s OK: we’re not.
We’ll be here when you discover who you are at your core again, America. The land of the free and the home of the brave. We know you’re in there somewhere. P.S. No, this image isn't from Ukraine. It's from Vilnius, Lithuania. 1991. Eglié Gerulaitye #ukraine #NATO #standwithukraine