Tonight, I feel compelled to respond to the President's address. First, I will respond to our President's position in Ukraine. I am an ardent supporter of the actions the US is taking to support Ukraine. Putin as a former member of the KGB has continued to take actions to not only suppress his own people, but neighboring countries as well. Putin is a dictator and will hurt anyone who is at odds with him.
I take exception to President Biden's position in Israel. Netanyahu is problematic. He is a dictator and corrupt. I want to make it clear, I do not support Hamas. I believe the Palestinian people deserve to be protected. Some have said Netanyahu by giving 48 hours for the Palestinian people to get out of Gaza was sufficient. Imagine trying to leave in the chaos.
The tragedy of this whole thing is the innocents on both sides. As the daughter of a veteran, I was twelve years old when I went to a Veteran's Hospital and witnessed a young man with no legs and no arms on a gurney without anyone speaking to him.
I would see more in later years, which impacted me greatly. My father was a WWII veteran. I am grateful I never witnessed the atrocities of war that he saw.
As a child, I was shaped by many events including being raised in an orphanage for ten years and tended to by a Roman Catholic order of nuns known as the Daughters of Charity. I was not ready for the world I would come to know having led a sheltered life.
War creates orphans who may become embittered and want to seek revenge. It is for the children that I pray as I am older and have lived a life that though it was filled with strife, I am grateful for where I am in my life now.
I don't have the answers for these conflicts, but I am grateful there are so many people trying to come to solutions, and I believe in the United Nations to help facilitate peace.
Tonight, I feel compelled to respond to the President's address. First, I will respond to our President's position in Ukraine. I am an ardent supporter of the actions the US is taking to support Ukraine. Putin as a former member of the KGB has continued to take actions to not only suppress his own people, but neighboring countries as well. Putin is a dictator and will hurt anyone who is at odds with him.
I take exception to President Biden's position in Israel. Netanyahu is problematic. He is a dictator and corrupt. I want to make it clear, I do not support Hamas. I believe the Palestinian people deserve to be protected. Some have said Netanyahu by giving 48 hours for the Palestinian people to get out of Gaza was sufficient. Imagine trying to leave in the chaos.
The tragedy of this whole thing is the innocents on both sides. As the daughter of a veteran, I was twelve years old when I went to a Veteran's Hospital and witnessed a young man with no legs and no arms on a gurney without anyone speaking to him.
I would see more in later years, which impacted me greatly. My father was a WWII veteran. I am grateful I never witnessed the atrocities of war that he saw.
As a child, I was shaped by many events including being raised in an orphanage for ten years and tended to by a Roman Catholic order of nuns known as the Daughters of Charity. I was not ready for the world I would come to know having led a sheltered life.
War creates orphans who may become embittered and want to seek revenge. It is for the children that I pray as I am older and have lived a life that though it was filled with strife, I am grateful for where I am in my life now.
I don't have the answers for these conflicts, but I am grateful there are so many people trying to come to solutions, and I believe in the United Nations to help facilitate peace.