Leadership.

[usonian]

I previously posted about courage.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220136713

Leaders. Where are they?
Destruction is easy. Damn fools do it for the lulz. Defending, building, and restoring are hard. Lately, we're waiting for capable leaders to stand up.

Here's an article on
Salting the Earth and the Vandalism of America

If you find it grim, I've skipped to the end for you. We need to be Lion-Hearted, not quivering, quaking Quislings.

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/03/salting-the-earth-and-the-vandalism-of-america.html

Most hopeful of all, perhaps, are the European nations, along with Canada, demonstrating a united front in support of some of the principles many of us still value: the sovereignty of free nations, trust in good science, a free press, and protection of the environment.

Watching those still sane nations meet in plenary forums can give an American conflicting emotions: the hope that they are strong enough to lead the world out of this dystopia; and a melancholy feeling that we are no longer a member of that group. It seems like a long time ago, but we were once the nation that beat the Nazis, helped rebuild Europe, eradicated polio, and wrote the Magna Carta of environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act.

In a recent speech observing the third anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia War, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen demonstrated a quality of leadership so badly needed in this country. She expressed Denmark’s admiration for Volodymyr Zelensky’s courage in defending Ukraine and its repulsion for Putin’s aggression. The contrast of her moral clarity to our craven president abandoning seventy years of supporting the Western Alliance couldn’t be starker.

In her speech she said something that we have to believe if we’re to get through this dreadful time. She said, “The best thing about heroes is that they always win at the end. And if they aren’t winning, then it’s not the end.” We’re not winning yet, and if we are to win, it will take the same sort of determination and courage shown by the prime minister of Denmark and the leader of Ukraine. If we’re to stop the complete vandalism of our nation by the reckless men and women who don’t care a wit about anyone besides themselves, we’ll need to be lion-hearted in our dissent, heroes in fighting for our land.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Great article thanks.

I have been posting along the same lines.

We are having a Pearl Harbor level emergency.
We are facing the biggest threat since WWII.

The PutinGOP is at war with the US, systematically destroying it.

Unless we fight back, it will be all gone.
And hard to put back together.
Our world standing is damaged forever as it is.

[bcbink]

2. Thank you for this. NT

[msfiddlestix]

3. Yesterday a friend who knows I'm not tuning in at all to media, told me how Dems held up little signs on little sticks

during TSF's address to the nation.
I know what I think and feel about that "action" . But I didn't check in with DU at the time, so I'll refrain other than to say, that doesn't feel like it's the appropriate response to the shit reality show.
But maybe it's just a little bit too strident to express the level of horror and disbelief I would have expected from our tribe?

[usonian]

4. It was posted on DU. Representative Al Green (hero) spoke truth to power and was expelled.

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Several democrats voted with the Nazi party to censure him.

It was a complete disgrace.

Colbert had the reply to them.



Weak

Weak

Weak, and note:

STEALS is an anagram for TESLAS
Whoopie doo

AOC, Bernie Sanders and now Tim Walz are going around the country raising hell.
Distinguished leaders are nearly silent, and
Chuck Schumer rolled over on the CR, not even making a head fake or synbolic gesture of defiance.


It is up to the people to lead the cowardly.
Great thanks to the ones I mentioned above and others that I missed.

Profiles in cowardice, at a critical time in history.

Details are here
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14464731/Democrats-lame-sign-protest-Trumps-Congress-speech-liberal-star-Stephen-Colbert-takes-pop.html

Normally, Trump has a steak after a win,
This time, he had ground Chuck

Well burnt, as he likes it.
Just torched.

And we are left with the ketchup to fling.

[msfiddlestix]

5. JFC!! It;s far worse than what was reported to me. omg.

I appreciate your updating me and images tell the story.
I just came across EarlG's post, and it nails down the situation we are in.

it's pretty effed up, I do not have faith in the leadership we're stuck with and the damage getting done could never be repaired in my lifetime nor my granddaughters.