The president warned that the “dark forces” that were present 80 years ago “never fade,” tying the lessons of history to the continued threats posed today during a commemoration of D-Day.
President Biden on Thursday warned of the present threat to democracy in Europe and beyond as he marked 80 years since the American-led invasion of Nazi-occupied France on D-Day, saying in Normandy that “the struggle between a dictatorship and freedom is unending” while pledging that “we will not walk away” from Ukraine.
“The price of unchecked tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave,” Mr. Biden said. “In their generation, in their hour of trial, the allied forces of D-Day did their duty. Now the question for us is, in our hour of trial, will we do ours?”
Speaking from a of the invasion of Nazi-occupied France by U.S.-led allied forces on D-Day, the president drew a parallel between the alliance eight decades ago and the NATO alliance today, saying D-Day was “a powerful illustration” of how alliances “make us stronger,” and noting that it’s a lesson that “I pray we Americans never forget.”
“Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago and is not the answer today,” Mr. Biden said.
During the address, where he paid homage to the living veterans and those who lost their lives during World War II, the president warned that the “dark forces” that were present 80 years ago “never fade,” and he tied the lessons of history to the continued threats posed today as Ukraine fights off the Russian-led invasion.
