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Here's one place you can see it: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-zelensky-to-deliver-virtual-address-to-u-s-congressIn what may be Zelensky's most important speech in the fragile life of Ukraine, Congressional leaders Pelosi and Schumer have arranged an opportunity for the President of Ukraine to appeal directly to Congress and the people of the United States for support. While his speech is anticipated to be only 15 minutes, it's purpose is underscore Ukraine's commitment to fight until completely subjected, to express confidence in Ukraine's ability to push Russia out, and plead for more powerful military arms than Javelins and Stingers.
The subtext is well known, the Biden administration and some in NATO are crippled by excess caution and fear of Putin. The "on-again" "off-again" public spats has allowed Putin to constantly draw new and shifting red lines, staying one or more steps ahead of Biden and Nato. Zelensky hopes to convince Congress to press the President end this waffling and to provide SAMs, EW Jammer systems, larger and more sophisticated drones, and planes.
Biden will later respond in a speech, explaining what he has done and why he has not done other things to help Ukraine. He will also announce what he wishes to do in the future.
Let us pray the speech goes well, that Zelensky is persuasive, and that Congress successfully presses Biden to act quickly and do more.
Ukraine's life may depend on it.
Do more? I've suggested the nato forces send troops and materials to the nato countries closest to ukraine like we did when we kicked saddam out of kuwait. After we build up our forces we tell putin he has a week to pull his troops out and any left will be considered fair game and if he keeps shooting rockets into ukraine from russia we send in planes to knock them out and if need be we send troops into russia.In what may be Zelensky's most important speech in the fragile life of Ukraine, Congressional leaders Pelosi and Schumer have arranged an opportunity for the President of Ukraine to appeal directly to Congress and the people of the United States for support. While his speech is anticipated to be only 15 minutes, it's purpose is underscore Ukraine's commitment to fight until completely subjected, to express confidence in Ukraine's ability to push Russia out, and plead for more powerful military arms than Javelins and Stingers.
The subtext is well known, the Biden administration and some in NATO are crippled by excess caution and fear of Putin. The "on-again" "off-again" public spats has allowed Putin to constantly draw new and shifting red lines, staying one or more steps ahead of Biden and Nato. Zelensky hopes to convince Congress to press the President end this waffling and to provide SAMs, EW Jammer systems, larger and more sophisticated drones, and planes.
Biden will later respond in a speech, explaining what he has done and why he has not done other things to help Ukraine. He will also announce what he wishes to do in the future.
Let us pray the speech goes well, that Zelensky is persuasive, and that Congress successfully presses Biden to act quickly and do more.
Ukraine's life may depend on it.
I'm listening on CNN. The translator is not the most pleasant sounding...nasal older female voice...
In what may be Zelensky's most important speech in the fragile life of Ukraine, Congressional leaders Pelosi and Schumer have arranged an opportunity for the President of Ukraine to appeal directly to Congress and the people of the United States for support. While his speech is anticipated to be only 15 minutes, it's purpose is underscore Ukraine's commitment to fight until completely subjected, to express confidence in Ukraine's ability to push Russia out, and plead for more powerful military arms than Javelins and Stingers.
The subtext is well known, the Biden administration and some in NATO are crippled by excess caution and fear of Putin. The "on-again" "off-again" public spats has allowed Putin to constantly draw new and shifting red lines, staying one or more steps ahead of Biden and Nato. Zelensky hopes to convince Congress to press the President end this waffling and to provide SAMs, EW Jammer systems, larger and more sophisticated drones, and planes.
Biden will later respond in a speech, explaining what he has done and why he has not done other things to help Ukraine. He will also announce what he wishes to do in the future.
Let us pray the speech goes well, that Zelensky is persuasive, and that Congress successfully presses Biden to act quickly and do more.
Ukraine's life may depend on it.
Was that a US supplied translator? She was herky-jerky. I know Ukraine has excellent young female translators that were embedded with US troops at Yavoriv.
Zelenskyy's first press secretary, Iuliia Mendel (35), is a fluent English speaker. She should have done the translating today.
Zelenskyy was very good at drawing us in and making this invasion about all of us. He invoked Pearl Harbor, MLK, and 9/11.
The video - of the dead, the destruction, and the refugees - was poignant and difficult to watch.
I wish Zelenskyy was also a fluent English speaker like Petro Poroshenko. Even so, Z was very compelling.
Don't know how applauding Republicans who voted to let Trump off the hook for trying to extort him can look in the mirror.
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