Pomp expressed:  Watching the Ukrainian leadership stay and fight for their country despite the personal risk is even more courageous when you remember the Afghan leaders ran out the back door with bags of cash when the Taliban was coming.

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Community Reaction:  Only my absolute highest respect for the president of Ukraine. Only a handful of state leaders will show the same courage, or be so truthful to their people.

Ukraine was left alone; Europe and the US should have been placing a massive army on the Ukrainian borders a month ago.

Can’t imagine many other leaders that would do the same for their countries. The Ukrainian government have just taught my generation what it really means to Keep Calm and Carry On.

Whilst this is courageous! Not all men aged 18-60 should be separated from their families to stay and be forced to fight by UA. War is just organised crime. As a father of a new child – I would not fight for any governmental or political reasons. I fight for my family first.

It’s painful how we humans have gone out of control.

I admire the Ukrainian army and people for fighting, especially since they’re probably going to lose. It takes courage to defend against such a powerful enemy. They won’t go down without a fight.

The whole world is behind Ukraine! We are with you all! It’s time for leaderships of all NATO countries to prove what has been said and promised for years “never again” Help Ukraine immediately.

There’s a lot more to be lost in Ukraine than the bombed-out sandbox that is in Afghanistan.

Afghan leaders were US puppets installed as leaders. What did you expect? They played their role while the director was running the show, when he abandoned the stage, actors gone.

The top 100 wealthy people in Ukraine basically have chartered flights to flee the country.

I remember 9/11 when Bush disappeared for ages on his plane. President Zelensky refusing to leave Kyiv, what a leader!

Well Ukraine just 9 years ago removed its shackles as corrupt Russian Empire vassal state and they don’t want to be forced back. Ukraine is a story of the will of the people vs the Empire.

It’s the minimum you can expect. I‘m missing the times where leaders fought with their troops. It was normal for a roman emperor go into war with his troops. If they died he also died.

Canadian prime minister ran away from truckers due to “security risks” and he hid in a cottage for 6 months from c-19.

Guess I’ll be posting this all day since no one seem to know this. Ukraine’s people are freedom fighters.

I don’t think you can really compare one scenario with the other for so many reasons.