Applaud noble people standing against Chinese, Iranian…
Resistance to tyranny is something we should all agree on.
But privileged people in the West have always, well, enjoyed the privilege of discussing this obvious fact. Not so in places like China, Iran and Russia. This is what makes the last few weeks in these totalitarian regimes so uplifting and praiseworthy.
Tens of thousands of people are showing up across those autocratic states to oppose oppression and, ideally, demand its downfall.
Live in a free place like America where Performative cowards fake being handcuffed by the polite police To gain attention, we don’t realize how serious the stakes are in rogue foreign countries.
The members of the Iranian soccer team, who were eliminated on Tuesday by the United States in the World Cup, bravely Refused to sing the national anthem In solidarity with those protesting the Islamist regime’s killing of a young woman for her hijab being out of place. Now these athletes and their families may face serious retribution No anti-war or “social justice” protestor in the West can imagine.
Protesters—mostly young, not spoiled brats in Manhattan, Los Angeles, or an isolated college town—remain defiant…
In China, murderous and anti-scientific lockdown policies have fueled a nascent revolution. First-hand accounts Explain the dangers and horrors of resisting the communist thugs.
In Russia, where the dictator Vladimir Putin is improbably Losing the war Against its smaller neighbor, the regime imposes grandiose fines on who Advocates anti-war sentiments. If you can’t pay, you get arrested.
Yet protesters—mostly young people, not spoiled brats in Manhattan, Los Angeles, or an isolated college town—remain defiant, shouting “Death to the dictator!” Or in China, they are hold blank papers showing what Chairman Xi’s regime Will not allow them to say.
Perhaps the classical liberalism and freedom agenda promoted by Presidents Ronald Reagan and the two George Bushes, but not so much by the last three Presidents, not dead
Besides a lack of appreciation for the freedoms they enjoy every day, the elites on the left and the separatist right declare traditional liberalism dead, mock democracy, and To give comfort to evil regimes. But then again, it’s rare to find an international journalist or professor who hasn’t appeased evil at some point.
This deranged mentality began during the Vietnam War, but continued after the 9/11 attacks and the global war on terror, when many declared that people were not looking for Western-style freedom. It is easy to say this from the ivory tower of Cambridge or yours truly The private island in Florida.
Cliché or not, freedom is indeed a universal human desire, and the freedom fighters we see on the streets today draw inspiration from life in places like America and Israel. And we are inspired by them.
AJ Kaufman He has written for several newspapers, websites and magazines in the US, from Minnesota and Ohio to Tennessee and Virginia. He taught school and served as a military historian before starting his journalism career in 2006. The author of three books, He is also a guest on various radio shows and sharingTribute to Israel National News and the lid
