It is usual for me after I have written a piece in this paper supporting Ukraine to get large numbers of social media trolls – some of them clearly Russians pretending to be American – telling me I am a warmonger. Many of these attacks emanate from the Maga true believers who believe every conspiracy theory going . They buy the Trump lines about Ukraine . They embrace the isolationism that has become such a feature of this US administration.

But as June the 6th is the anniversary of D-Day, the day that the liberation of Europe began in 1944 , I like to remember a different era of US politics. June 6th 1944 showed America at its best and greatest. It was a day that saw all freedom-loving nations standing together, fighting against tyranny to bring liberty to Europe.

I had the priv

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