There's no guarantee any of you would live to see another day. That's the problem with wars and military occupations, especially when town centres and other civ

There's no guarantee any of you would live to see another day. That's the problem with wars and military occupations, especially when town centres and other civilian areas are being targeted. Even if you and your family survive, you will sit there watching your neighbours and compatriots die. The relatively free lives we all live are founded on the bravery and sacrifice of millions of people in past world wars and conflicts all over the world. They're worth fighting for, in my opinion. It's why I was an army reservist in the past, and if I was 30 years younger I'd find the need to go out there and do something to help incredibly hard to resist. I still find a deep visceral need to do something to help these people. This is the defining conflict of our lifetimes, far more so than the gulf wars or Afghanistan. I feel bad saying that, clearly it was defining for people in those regions, but for Europe this is existential. That's not because the rest of Europe is actually in direct danger, we could just let Ukraine rot, but because this conflict will define what Europe is and whether it's worth defending. Do we actually measure up to our ideals and principles? History will judge.