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Feel-Good Story of the Day: Ambulances for Ukraine

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James A. Bacon
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Senator Mark Warner speaks at Richmond Ambulance Authority event in front of the ambulance going to Ukraine.

The Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) has announced the donation of one of its ambulances as part of the “U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine” initiative. The RAA partnered with the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), which coordinated donations from HCA Virginia, VCU Health, and the Northern Virginia Emergency Response System to stock the ambulance with medical supplies.

So far, the Ambulances for Ukraine initiative, launched by an Illinois hospital executive, has donated more than two dozen ambulances with supplies.

“Healthcare workers in Ukraine are risking their own lives for their calling to help others in times of need,” said Michael Roussos, president of VCU Medical Center, in a press release issued by the VHHA. “VCU Health’s mission to preserve and restore health for all people extends beyond the commonwealth.

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14 responses to “Feel-Good Story of the Day: Ambulances for Ukraine”

  1. James McCarthy Avatar
    James McCarthy

    Increasingly such private initiatives will be more necessary given the threats of radical Republicans like MTG and McCarthy to eliminate US aid.

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Well, think about it. Ukraine is at war with the Republican idol… and ideal.

      1. Lefty665 Avatar
        Lefty665

        Ukraine is a war on both Democratic and Republican ideals.

        Ukrainian political parties are outlawed, media are state run, martial law imposed, and it is profoundly corrupt.

        With friends like that who needs enemies?

        So now in addition to the Federal tax dollar billions we are all providing, Virginia’s charitable organizations are spending their tax exempt charitable and state dollars to support Ukraine instead of supporting their charitable missions here in Virginia?

        Why not negotiate peace and dramatically reduce the need for ambulances there and provide them here instead? Or try putting violent criminals in jail here and spend the savings on teaching all kids to read and do math instead of sending the resources to Ukraine.

  2. James McCarthy Avatar
    James McCarthy

    Two world wars and deep expansion of the US into global commerce curbed the isolationist policies that were so powerful in prior times. Nuclear non-proliferation treaties (think Cuban missile crisis) furthered the necessity to ensure the nation’s security. The annexation of territory and violation of sovereignty of Ukraine threatened the post WW II peace and security of US allies in Europe and that of NATO. If there is a path to return to isolation from the rest of the world, let those who propose abandoning Ukraine share that information.

    1. Lefty665 Avatar
      Lefty665

      You’re in fantasy land, and apparently have been since at least 1962. But, that’s a good basis for another of Jim McCarthy’s silly walks. Much appreciated.

      The answer is simple, stop the war we created in Ukraine. Stop arming Ukraine and funding its corrupt, totalitarian ruling regime.

      Stopping the war in Ukraine does have to do with our self interest, Ukraine’s, Europe’s, Russia’s and the world’s. That has nothing to do with isolation. Charitably your conflation of the two is simple ignorance.

      We have no strategic interest in Ukraine. It is on Russia’s border, so the Russians do. They also have a strategic threat with our missiles in Poland and Romania and NATO troops on their border. It is the reverse of the US and Soviet missiles and troops in Cuba in ’62. We believed that threat was existential. We were ready to go to WW3 over it. There is no reason for the Russians to believe our missiles in eastern Europe, NATO and aggression in Ukraine is any less an existential threat to them today.

      One of Obama’s biggest mistakes was with “Look forward, don’t look back” leaving the moronic neo cons from Duhbya’s administration in government positions where they could create more national disasters. Guantanamo was where they belonged.

      1. Eric the half a troll Avatar
        Eric the half a troll

        “We have no strategic interest in Ukraine. It is on Russia’s border, so the Russians do. They also have a strategic threat with our missiles in Poland and Romania and NATO troops on their border.”

        Why does this sound so familiar…??

        “And in taking on these obligations, all that we do is in the spirit of unselfishness, and it is a desire for the good of mankind.

        But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations, every one of which has a direct individual interest to serve, and there is grave danger in an unshared idealism.”

        1. Lefty665 Avatar
          Lefty665

          … and from the same letter “but the first step to world service is the maintenance of the United States.” The more things change, the more they stay the same.

          From the Wash Post: “U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia”

          https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/05/ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations/

          1. Eric the half a troll Avatar
            Eric the half a troll

            “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”

            Yes, Cabot led the Conservative charge to not ratify the Treaty of Versailles in a blatant display of partisanship. This undermined the authority of the LoN to settle post-WWI disputes in Europe and we all know what happened next.

          2. Lefty665 Avatar
            Lefty665

            The brutal armistice that ended WWI is what set the stage for what happened next. LofN might have been marginally more effective but could not have undone what was done at 11:11.11 on 11/11/18.

            The comparison that is valid is that our intent today is to destroy Russia like the Armistice was designed to destroy Germany in 1918. We are every bit as shortsighted today.

            Just as the world would have been in 1918, we would be well advised today to be careful what we wish for. However, there are no indications that the moronic but arrogant neo cons who are still running things here have a clue. Nor are they likely to get one.

            The question is how long will it take America to wake up to and stop the continuing string of disasters the neocons subject us to.

            The people of Ukraine are beginning to understand as they descend into darkness that is getting cold without heat, water, transportation or communications. Europe is next as inflation rages, it gets cold and business shuts down for lack of energy. We are heading towards our own teachable moment with inflation, recession, shortages of heating oil and diesel.

            When will America decide it has killed enough Ukrainians and had enough fun in Ukraine to retire and bask in the glory of having pushed the Russians out of cooperation with Europe and into the arms of the Chinese?

          3. Eric the half a troll Avatar
            Eric the half a troll

            “The brutal armistice that ended WWI is what set the stage for what happened next. LofN might have been marginally more effective but could not have undone what was done at 11:11.11 on 11/11/18.”

            What was so brutal about the terms of the Armistice of Compiègne? If you wish to blame WWII on the armistice, you probably should elaborate. I will tell you now that none of the terms of the Armistice of Compiègne were designed to destroy Germany in 1918. You should get your history right before you start lecturing about how it applies to today’s world.

          4. Lefty665 Avatar
            Lefty665

            You are wrong. The reparations were ruinous. You are straining at gnats to argue that the Armistice was not designed to be ruinous.

            I’ve got enough ways to waste time on my own. I’m not headed down a rabbit hole dug by a half a troll short of a full load.

            Have a nice day.

          5. Matt Adams Avatar
            Matt Adams

            I had to log out to see what he said, but seriously. Anyone that says the WWI carve-up of the Treaty of Versailles didn’t set the world on a path to WWII, has either never attended a history or never passed one.

          6. Eric the half a troll Avatar
            Eric the half a troll

            First, reparations were a part of the Treaty of Versailles not the Armistice of Compiègne so excellent job demonstrating your lack of historical knowledge.

            The Treaty of Versailles has this reputation for being too tough. Everybody knows about the reparations (there were many other terms, btw), and many people say the reparations demand was unjust and burdensome and ultimately led to WWII. But this opinion is out of step with the opinion of most historians. I can provide copious detail as to why this is so, if you like but you seem like you want to terminate this discussion. What I find interesting is how closely this opinion tracks with the pre-WWII German view of the treaty, and especially the Nazi interpretation. When you find yourself agreeing with Nazi propaganda, that’s a pretty good sign you should reconsider your opinion.

  3. Eric the half a troll Avatar
    Eric the half a troll

    This is pretty feel good as well…

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6c684b7d01653ccf94c9f5a8e4aedecca5c5173f121800e1292377644e63a331.jpg

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