by jpitney | Feb 25, 2022 | Russia, Ukraine
Fireside Chat, May 26, 1940: There are many among us who in the past closed their eyes to events abroad –because they believed in utter good faith what some of their fellow Americans told them — that what was taking place in Europe was none of our...
by jpitney | Feb 24, 2022 | Russia, Ukraine
John F. Kennedy, Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236392 In this speech, John F. Kennedy revealed...
by jpitney | Feb 23, 2022 | Romney, Russia, Ukraine
Chris Cillizza at CNN: A decade ago, Mitt Romney went on CNN and made a statement that was widely perceived as a major mistake. “Russia, this is, without question, our number one geopolitical foe,” Romney, who would be the Republican presidential nominee in the 2012...
by jpitney | Feb 22, 2022 | Patriotism, Russia, Ukraine, Uncategorized
David French: To understand how a healthy patriotism can lead to solidarity with and empathy for others, it’s worth returning to perhaps the most helpful framing of the virtues of patriotism and the temptations of nationalism that I’ve ever read. In his book The Four...
by jpitney | Feb 18, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Foreign Policy: “As we’ve seen in the past, we expect Russia will try to force cooperation through intimidation and repression,” said a U.S. official who spoke on background on condition of anonymity. “These acts, which in past Russian operations have included...
by jpitney | Feb 15, 2022 | Nixon, Russia, Ukraine
Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1994 KIEV, Ukraine — Former President Richard Nixon said Wednesday that the United States will at some point face a choice between Russia and Ukraine as a focus for its support in Eastern Europe. Nixon, speaking during a one-day...
