more than seven years, just trying to choose their own government and live peacefully. that s what most of us in the democratic world want, but freedom it seems is not free. each of us as global citizens has an obligation to stand up and defend these rights, even if they don t apply to you, because none of us are free if one of us is changed. when we allow basic rights to erode, fundamental freedoms follow, when fundamental freedoms collapse, so does democracy. when democracy is extinguished as we see happening here, so is life itself. we must not stand by as the people of ukraine and their freedom perish. as their anthem suggests, i suspect fate shall once again smile once more on them, and they shall rule in a free land of their own. as they say in these streets of this country, slava ukraine, glory to ukraine. good-bye from lviv. and i ll see you back home.