In spite of the fact that material and moral support from the U.S. government approaches next to nothing in its life-and-death struggle with Russia, Ukraine perseveres doughtily, resiliently, innovatively, a continuing example of national righteousness and physical courage. Recent news reports and critical battlefield assessments even grant these Slavic brothers and sisters an edge, an advantage with regard to the war’s on-goingness. I suspend my own pessimistic tendencies to think so, or at least entertain that possibility. Something I can do, among my small, small efforts. Spectate and hope.
