"It is not the size of the dog in the fight - it is the size of the fight in the dog which matters"

"History is being made right now. Putin and Xi are getting ready to slice and dice the world, so it will look more to their liking. Freedom will take a back seat to tyranny. That is, unless freedom loving people stop this power grab."

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The President of the Ukraine. Lawyer, actor, comedian, politician, and - fighter. This young man, with a young family, has shown the good people of the United States that all people are not like the cowards in the Afghanistan Army. How so? When push came to shove, the local army in Afghanistan, the one we trained, the one we equipped with billions of dollars of our finest arms, folded like a bunch of cardboard cutouts. Even the President of Afghanistan fled, taking millions of our taxpayer dollars with him. It was a sad sight. An embarrassing sight. A disgusting sight. Not so with President Zelenskyy.

But enough about Afghanistan. Lessons learned, and we moved on. Today, we see a modern day "David and Goliath" fight, unfolding between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine, who is NOT a member of NATO, who has had no superpower funding and backing (with the exception of some Stinger missiles and Javelin Anti-Tank missiles), is playing the part of David. Goliath, played by Vlad Putin, has one of the strongest armies in the history of mankind. The battle for Ukraine should have taken a bit over a day. Except for one thing. This dog, called the Ukraine - does hunt.

Most analysts are now saying the same thing. Ukraine is going to fall to the Russians. People will die. Russians will die. In fact, probably more Russians will die, than Putin had put into his calculus. Is there a lessons learned we can take from this? A few. Here are my thoughts:

• Help is NOT coming - Sorry about that. As much as we would like to see a knight in shining armor come in at the last minute and save the day, help is NOT coming. The UN is beyond feckless, and the US has Biden in charge right now. Case closed.
• Our 2A is a godsend - Sorry to all my jellybeans on the left, who hate the 2A. The final thing the Ukrainian government did before the evil Russians showed up, was to give a gun to anyone who wanted one. Why? This is one of the reasons our Framers put the 2A in our Bill of Rights. Will shotguns defeat tanks? Nope. But as Churchill would tell the good people of London when it looked like the Nazis would be at their doorstep, "If you have to go, at least take one of them with you." Bingo. This victory will be pyrrhic for Putin, and also painful. Every Russian soldier who is killed, would only deepen that pain.
• LESSON LEARNED - It has been said that Xi has been sitting up, paying attention to what is going on in the Ukraine. He is taking notes, so when he does this to Taiwan, he will be able to see any pitfalls to avoid. We too, should be taking notes. And here is note one - Stinger missiles and Javelin missiles can help turn the tide against a superior foe. We should make sure the Taiwan government has the best we can offer, so when the red menace comes, Taiwan will have a fighting chance. It is too late to do anything about the Ukraine, but maybe not for Taiwan.

"It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog which matters." Kind of sounds like us, doesn't it? Like Circa 1776? There is no way we should have beat the British - but we did. There is no way the Afghan Army should have lost to the Taliban - but they did. There is no way the Ukrainians should be putting up the fight they are against the Russian - but they are. 

History is being made right now. Putin and Xi are getting ready to slice and dice the world, so it will look more to their liking. Freedom will take a back seat to tyranny. That is, unless freedom loving people stop this power grab. Do we have the right size dog to stop the tyrants? Or do we have the right size of fight in the dog we have? The answer to that question will determine how the world will look going forward.