by Lawrence Kadish • February 14, 2022 at 11:30 am
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea / Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free." From "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin, 1918, updated 1938. (Pictured: Irving Berlin performs for a CBS Radio show, circa 1935. (Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free
Let us all be grateful that we are far from there
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer
God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with the light from above
The words of Irving Berlin who wrote "God Bless America" in 1918 and then revised it in 1938 as Europe stood once more on the abyss of war still speak to us today as Russia positions tens of thousands of troops on the Ukraine border.
The Russian trigger could be pulled "at any time" according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The crisis begs the question: Is Biden in the same mold as Lincoln. Or Wilson. Or Roosevelt?
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