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On the recordOctober 3, 2023
America is sadly in a conflict of dictators with rule of gun opposing democracies with rule of law. This conflict, we did not choose, was begun by war criminal Putin on February 24, 2022, invading Ukraine, in the murderous tradition of Hitler invading Poland on September 1, 1939, and Stalin invading Poland 2 weeks later on September 17. In 5 weeks, over 70,000 Poles were killed in 1939 by the Nazis and Communists, and now thousands of Ukrainians have been killed by Putin. I am grateful to have read the book by Senator Barry Goldwater in May 1963, ``Why Not Victory?'', proposing the ultimate achievement of democracy over Communism. The Goldwater Presidential campaign led to the hallmark speech, ``A Time for Choosing,'' by Ronald Reagan in 1964. This led to the Reagan Presidency and hundreds of millions of people being liberated from totalitarian communism. More countries today live in freedom and democracy than in the history of the world due to American military strength defeating Communism. The Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, which I visited outside on May 1 this year, clearly reveals Putin's murderous goal of recreating the evil Soviet empire. The hammer and sickle communist symbol is maintained over the massive building, revealing that the Russian people are still being oppressed by a despotic dictator.…
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina
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Oct 3, 2023

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