As I follow Zelensky in this war, I am constantly reminded of this book I read just a few months ago. At that time there was no inkling of Putin’s invasion. I read the book because I am perennially interested in Abraham Lincoln’s life and work. Lincoln was not even a soldier. It was not a war he had chosen. He became a student of war in the White House. And because his instincts were right, and he stood on the side of justice and liberty, he seems to have made all sorts of right war moves. If you were to just give him credit for his military strategies, you would be impressed. One passage stood out for me. Lincoln laments the war, he is sad about the bloodshed on both sides, and he notes, that this is karma, he says, he does not use that word, but you get the point; he says we are paying in blood for all the blood we have spilled to subjugate the black race over centuries. God Almighty always, always makes it right in the long run. With God Almighty as witness, when you forgive someone, especially someone who might have done the most heinous thing, you are not saying, okay, let’s overlook because we are powerless. You are invoking the wrath of the highest power there is. That God will destroy the entire universe for justice, and He has before. Who is Putin?

Zelensky and Navalny for a joint Nobel Peace Prize after we uproot Putin in Moscow because half a million Muscovites dared the streets all at once and in an organized fashion.

I want NATO irrelevant. A democratic, federal, vibrant Russia will do it without doing anything about it.

I not only want Ukraine to be neutral like Switzerland, I see the center of gravity in Europe shifting to Kyiv. When Russia is a Germany or a France, because it is no longer a state run by a criminal gang, an authoritarian kleptocracy where the dictator takes a 50% cut on every oligarch’s personal GDP, at that point Russia is a most vibrant knowledge economy with a GDP approaching and exceeding 10 trillion dollars, and Ukraine is the center of Europe. Who needs NATO when there is peace and justice?

You defeat Putin in Donbas not because you think the territory would be a nice to have for Ukraine. You do it for the people in Donbas. They deserve liberty as much as anyone else. It is not about territory, it is about liberty. And Kissinger should stay in retirement.

This war will be fought and won in Donbas, or it will be fought for a decade more in five different countries. Finish the job. Blood is the hard part. The Ukrainians are braving it. Who are you? Who are you to not give the necessary military supplies?

As for the black race, remember the Jews also toiled in Egypt for 400 years. The meek shall inherit the earth.