Ukraine cannot wait – v5 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #country #people #SlavaUkraini #US #NATO #EU #proxy #ArmUkraineNow #Bucha #Mariupol #Kharkiv #Odesa #Kyiv #terror #genocide #victory

Too long forgotten, silent,
no debates in Congress,
defying our pledge, in Budapest,
our sacred promise to them…
Doing Terror’s bidding, silent,
letting them die, in horror,
in their homes, in the streets,
as if neutrality was an option…
 
Ukraine cannot wait,
for action, perfect legislation,
for solidarity with them…
They need our help now, today,
tomorrow, before it is too late,
before the tanks roll, closer,
before the missiles land,
in the center, at their feet…
 
This prayer is ever more urgent
with each passing day, each year,
under the threat of terror,
the same enemy for centuries
bent on conquest, on empire,
stealing the history of these people
wanting to erase, to subjugate
their sovereign land…
 
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Edited December 1, 2025
Ukraine cannot wait – v5
 
Edited November 29, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/ukraine-cannot-wait-v4.html
Edited April 22, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-cannot-wait-v3.html
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-proxy-bleeding.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-must-win-v3.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting:
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
Neither “win” or “victory” were in Austin’s opening remarks…
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
 
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