Like it or not, the U.S. has a place in the global community, and as such, what happens here affects our friends and neighbours all ’round the globe. Here is an assessment … a spot-on one, as it happens … from our friend David in the UK. Thank you David, for your thoughts on our disastrous day, your hopes for our future, and for caring.
Yesterday, January 6th 2021 will be a day long remembered in the history books. I saw something I never thought to witness outside of a Banana Republic. A Western Nation go to war with itself. There was armed insurrection in the Capital and the home of Democracy in America , The Capitol Building, was attacked by armed civilians carrying every type of weapon. These people had not gone to demand a more Democratic State, they had gone to destroy Democracy itself.
People were forewarned of such an event and it surprised me that there wasn’t a stronger defence of he building though it seems likely that there may have been some collusion between these insurrectionists and members of the current ruling party. The President who has made an almost single handed assault on Government during the last four years, and who has done little to earn his salary for the…
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Wise words from David, with which I agree. It’s overdue, but I’m now following his blog too. Thanks for the introduction.
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When you first came to my blog, I thought you and David have much in common and I hoped you two would connect. He’s a good man, like you, and I’m glad you two have made a connection!
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Thank you for your kind words, and for the introduction 😊
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Many thanks for the reblog Jill, and your very kind words.
CWTCH
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