Truth in A Grave

It is Easter Sunday today. So many people are congregating in their places of worship, celebrating rebirth. It is supposed to be a season of hope. Yet it is pain and tragedy that stalks the Earth.

In Ukraine we are seeing the destruction of a country and its people. Cities have been bombed to rubble and innocent people killed. One man has used his propaganda machine to lie to the people of Russia and many believe the lies he has fed them.

Borodyanka, Ukraine:

What appears to be instructions given to Russian soldiers by their superiors.  It looks like they have tightened viewing on this video due to content. You will have to click on the link and provide your age if you want to listen to it.  Or just go directly to YouTube.

Mariupol, Ukraine:

Mariupol again and the Russian military:

“Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there.” Clarence W. Hall

Sláva Ukrayíni ― Слава Україні: Героям слава!

 There comes a time when we arrive at a crossroads in history. The path we choose will affect all of us for generations to come. It is our responsibility to those who come after to recognize such a time.

We have been seeing the horrible scenes playing out in Ukraine at the hands of the Russian invaders. As they have pulled out of some areas in Ukraine they leave behind the evidence of what can only be described as war crimes. The city of Bucha is scattered with bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs. They are uncovering mass graves. While we have seen the destruction to infrastructure, this is the first time we have really seen the butchery that the Russians dealt in. This is not just about the destruction of a country, but the destruction of a people.

It is time for us to remember the words of one of our former Presidents.

“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from this earth.” Abraham Lincoln

I stand with the people of Ukraine and all of those who fight for their freedom.