When I designed and ordered a garden flag months ago, I had no idea it would become so relevant to today’s international climate.
A high-level meeting in Alaska feels almost surreal—especially considering the historical irony.
In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from the russian Empire for $7.2 million. The motivation? To prevent it from falling into British hands and to strengthen America’s presence in the Pacific.
A strategic move, as history would prove.
Now, 158 years later, reports are emerging that Trump has floated the possibility of trading occupied Ukrainian territories to russia for a peace deal—or as some describe it, “some swapping of territories.”
Zelenskyy swiftly rejected the idea, insisting Ukraine won’t give up its land to the aggressor.
Have we learned nothing from history?
That concession didn’t stop Hitler—it emboldened him, and Czechoslovakia fell entirely soon after.
Trading Ukrainian regions—Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Crimea—for a fragile peace isn’t diplomacy.
And history has proven how dangerously that can fail.
If giving away sovereign territory is on the table, why stop at Ukraine? Why not return Alaska too—russia once owned it, after all.
Would that be worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize?
Foreign policy should be guided by principle, not quick deals for headlines.
Ukraine’s land isn’t a bargaining chip, and history shows the price of forgetting that lesson.
Ukrainian in Philly 