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“Like all other large bodies, where there is a variety of different interests to reconcile, their deliberations are slow.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Washington, 1783<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the winter of 1783 Congress was dithering and the Continental Army was starving. A seditious letter was circulated at Newburgh and Washington made a speech, which included the line above, to quell the potential rebellion. He succeeded and that summer Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our government has always been slow and it has often been wrong but eventually it does the right thing. My point now is: if we don’t help Ukraine now with weapons, like the French helped us during the revolution, then we will soon be sending soldiers to Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo is a combination of two interests: Inukshuk and Zelensky <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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