{"id":51546,"date":"2022-05-12T01:58:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T01:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51546"},"modified":"2022-05-12T01:58:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T01:58:47","slug":"ukrainians-winning-grassroots-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51546","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainians winning grassroots support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51547\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-1536x1045.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-2048x1393.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to remember a time when a nation involved in a war in a far-off land has earned the kind of support on American soil that we are seeing demonstrated for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>I am 72 years of age and have seen quite a bit during my time on this Earth. I went to war once myself while wearing my own country&#8217;s uniform and I have watched many conflicts erupt all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>This one is so vastly different in terms of the response coming from rank-and-file Americans. I see it constantly.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles flying Ukrainian flags; they are adorned with bumper stickers proclaiming support for Ukraine; business owners are plastering Ukraine-flag posters on their windows.<\/p>\n<p>My wife and I recently returned from a brief trip to the Texas Hill Country and when we parked our travel trailer at an RV park in Johnson City, we noticed a propane gas dealer flying a <em>full-sized Ukraine flag<\/em> on the lot next to Old Glory in Dripping Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by that overwhelming show of support for Ukraine over the butchery bring brought to that country by Russians, the only conclusion I can draw is that our politicians &#8212; who represent our needs and wishes &#8212; had better do what the folks back home are demanding of them.<\/p>\n<p>Which is to give Ukraine all the help it seeks to beat back the Russian invaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to remember a time when a nation involved in a war in a far-off land has earned the kind of support on American soil that we are seeing demonstrated for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia. I am 72 years of age and have seen quite a bit during my time on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51546\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ukrainians winning grassroots support<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4050,9899],"class_list":["post-51546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","tag-russia","tag-ukraine-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51548,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51546\/revisions\/51548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}