When Hitler attacked Russia he made the mistake of not dressing his men for the winter and not providing adequate supplies. He also over-extended his supply lines. Eighty years later it appears to be Russia’s turn to make those same mistakes.
Much of the state remains at considerable risk for wildfires through this week, largely because of higher-than-usual temperatures and drought conditions. More than 40% of the state is suffering extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Nearly the entire state is in some form of drought, with much of the Panhandle, High Plains and west central Texas most at risk.
When President Zelenskyy gave his address to Congress he asked again for a no-fly zone and also requested those Mig 29s that Poland had offered to give him through the United States. He backed that up with a video showing Ukrainians being shelled. At the end he also urged Biden to exercise international leadership. He referred to our 9/11 and Pearl Harbor attacks and stressed that his country was undergoing something similar EVERY SINGLE DAY.
CORRECTION: In last week’s editorial written about the simple act of kindness and standing up for those being bullied (3-16-22 Advance News), an extra line of white space between my own intro note and the suicide anecdote that someone had sent me was mistakenly deleted. My bad.
An Eastland County sheriff’s deputy died Thursday as wildfires swept through several small Texas communities west of Dallas, destroying at least 50 homes and charring more than 54,000 acres as of Sunday.
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