Is America Strong Enough To Endure Domestic Sacrifice?
During World War II, Americans put up with rationed gas and car tires, rationed coal and fuel oil, rationed silk and nylon, rationed meat and dairy products, rationed jams and jellies, even rationed coffee.
Would today’s Americans – some of whom freaked out during the worst of the pandemic, when they couldn’t get their hair done – be willing to endure even a minuscule fraction of the sacrifices that our forebears weathered 80 years ago? I’ll answer my own question with a question: Can you imagine what would happen if coffee were rationed, and people could no longer order their favorite cafe lattes?
I pondered all that while watching President Biden deliver his State of the Union speech. He vowed on our behalf, and for the pre-eminent cause of democracy, to stick it to Russia for as long as it takes. Ukraine is fighting for its life on the front line of freedom, and, as our commander in chief said, we need to show our “resolve.”