EDITORIAL

The invasion of Ukraine perpetrated by Russia last February, about to complete one year of the invasion, has returned to the world the fear of a conflict on a global scale. And the world looks to the United States and its European allies, some to be certain that there is a common defense against totalitarianism and territorial aggression, and the others to gauge the ability of the United States to lead that defense. Even achieving peace talks that lead to a ceasefire and an end to military operations, it would only be an armistice like in 1918 because Putin and his regime will not renounce their intentions to reconquer by force what were previously territories of the Empire. Russian first and from the Soviet Union later. Going back to the Cold War in a world divided and confronted will only bring about the end of harmony and international cooperation that are so necessary in the face of the challenge of climate change and the search for clean energy alternatives that replace fossil fuels.

Democracy houses within it freedom of opinion and the guaranteed right to defend ideas and ideologies through dialogue and the search for the greatest possible consensus. The propaganda of the Russian global communication media, and the rest of its totalitarian allies, convey the image of democracies that discriminate against part of the citizenry, that democracy as a system is decadent and corrupt. It is necessary to make citizens aware that, in the face of a military aggression, only unity and the certainty that democracy is a just cause that deserves to be defended. The war will only end with a total victory of the democratic theses over the totalitarian ones and any agreement that does not entail the resignation of all the members of the UN to territorial expansion will only be a parenthesis and not the peace that returns to the path of progress and development That can only happen in a democracy.

No one and nothing is above democracy whatever their rank and condition. Anyone who has tried to have democracy in the United States viciously assaulted to alter the outcome of the elections cannot return to hold public office in addition to facing the legal consequences of their actions. The allies of the United States also know and suffer from those who, taking advantage of the protection of democracy, attempt to assault it. And behind it is the interference of Russia and its supporters who play to have a social explosion in the democracies that lead to seek an agreement in Ukraine favorable to the Russian theses. If they succeed, there is no doubt for a moment that the Chinese communist regime would begin its own expansion of territory and influence by threatening US allies in the region.

2023 is the first year of the 21st century because a new world order is emerging that will flourish on the ashes of the war in Ukraine. It can be the world of dictatorship or it can be the world of democracy. Everything else is relegated to the background because if the war continues to advance and totalitarianism triumphs, everything will vanish like a dream to live in a nightmare. No ideology or religion can prevail in a democracy, the only political system that offers opportunities at the individual and collective level. Strengthening democracy in all areas and its institutions is the best defense against Russian imperialist aggression, not for the Russian people who only aspire to a life that offers prosperity and development, it is the war of Mr. Putin and his regime at the cost of blood of Russians and Ukrainians. We have not started this war and it must end with a defeat of the aggressor and serve as a warning to the Chinese communist regime that territorial aggression will only lead to the end of the communist regime.

God bless America

Perry Morton Jr. IV

Owner and Editorial Director of The Adversiter Chronicle