On Leadership

Mar 8 2025

The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.

There has been some debate on if Zelenskyy actually said that to the US in Feb 2022 when the Russians invaded.

I don’t know one way or the other, and anyway, it is totally irrelevant if those words were actually said or not, Zelenskyy has conveyed the message with his actions, and actions speak louder than words.

Today, three years later, Zelenskyy is still there, and Ukraine is still independent and fighting, and though Russia is making small gains on the battlefield, the Special Military Operation is definitely not going according to plan.

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The other day Zelenskyy said: I am exchangeable for NATO

A standard twelve-in-a-dozen politician thinks about the next election, and how to win and stay in power, and that affects every decisions they make.

A Statesman thinks about what is good for the country, regardless of the consequences of the decisions they make.

Zelenskyy literally just said: give Ukraine what it needs, and I will resign if you want me to.

That is not a politician speaking, that is a Leader.