by Denty Cheatham, Guest Columnist, The Tennessean, March 2, 2025- Recently, I listened to a conversation between Tennessean columnist Cameron Smith and Super Talk 99.7 WTN radio personality Matt Murphy about the war in Ukraine.
Murphy started the conversation by reading President Trump's recent statement in which he claimed, among other things, that Ukraine started the war.
This is an absurd lie. Ukraine, a much smaller nation than Russia, is the victim of an unprovoked invasion, which its people have courageously pushed back, to the extent that after nearly three years of war Ukraine still controls 80% of the country.
Its people have suffered thousands of casualties, and although reliable totals are not known, all the reports indicate the Russians have suffered far more. ... I heard talk in the conversation of Murphy and Smith about "boots on the ground." But in this war our Ukrainian allies have not asked for that and appear willing to shed as much of their blood as it takes to defend their country.
Putin will become more aggressive if he conquers Ukraine
.... Putin has. said he wants to restore the empire Russia, and later the Soviet Union, used to have. Obviously, if he took over Ukraine he is not likely to stop there. In fact, success in taking Ukraine would encourage him to continue his aggression.
The idea that what happens in Europe is no concern of ours is a wrong idea that we should know was wrong from World War I, which we finally decided to enter, proclaiming we needed to "make the world safe for democracy" three years after it started.
Despite that experience, some people, like Trump today, said we should put “America First” and stay out of European affairs while Hitler took Austria and Czechoslovakia, increasing his power before he invaded Poland and started World War II. ...
Will we honor sacrifices of American solders in both world wars?
I worry that many Americans, not as experienced as this 83-year-old and knowing less history, will listen to President Trump's words that are obviously influenced by his mysterious attachment to Putin, a murderous dictator and war criminal, and fail to realize it is in our national interest to continue our military support for Ukraine.
Indeed, to fail to do so, under the circumstances, should be considered a failure to properly honor and respect our soldiers who served and sacrificed themselves in two world wars to maintain peace and freedom in Europe. (read it all)
Denty Cheatham of Nashville is a lawyer with more than 50 years of experience and a partner with his wife in the law firm Cheatham & Palermo.
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