Day 1 of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: 24 Posts from Substack Newsletters
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It’s about 24 hours since Russia invaded Ukraine.
As you can imagine, many Substack newsletters published posts about the first day of the invasion. (I started a discussion thread asking readers for reactions to the invasion.)
I’ve collected 24 posts from the 24 hours. I don’t agree with everything in every post. I doubt you will either. But I think you’ll find some useful perspectives.
Please comment here (or at the original pages) on any of these posts.
Please mention any other post you think people should see.
What a great idea!! Thank you for sharing.
I write about life as an expat/immigrant on substack. I replaced the scheduled post on “getting a mortgage in Portugal” to how it feels (as an American) when war is not an ocean away. I have shared the final 2 paragraphs below.
Between writing and proofreading this post I took a walk. I always listen to podcasts when walking alone…this time, History this Week. I learned that it was 98 years ago, this week, that Adolf Hitler stood trial for his first attempt to seize power. He was given an unusually light sentence and would later say that this failure was “perhaps the greatest good fortune of my life?” I ask again, how can sanctions be enough?
If you are a long-time reader you know that my undergraduate degree was in Religion. I recall, quite vividly, reading the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer … a German ethicist who wrote that responsible people were called to action in the face of evil. (Dumbing it down: it was okay to shoot Hitler.) He not only wrote, but he also conspired to overthrow Hitler’s regime. Where is Bonhoeffer when you need him?
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