Maine Stream Media alert: President Zelensky certainly shows Asharf Ghani what leadership is about

Echo opinion letter published in NWI.com (Northwest Indiana) in The Times newspaper.

Ukraine faces a “tough battle” as Russian forces amass in the east of the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 9, in a news conference.

There's a significance of comparison between remarkable resistance in the Ukraine against unprovoked Russian aggression, and Afghanistan. Why is it that the stark difference has never been mentioned in the press/media?

HELLO!?! When Afghanistan was taken over by a rag band of Taliban fighters, the country folded like a bag of chips. Its president fled the country like a coward (taking United States money with him) and his people were left to fend for themselves. 

So, most of the Afghan people gave up without a fight.

In Ukraine, the opposite happened. President Zelensky stood, and a good number of its people are fighting at this very moment against the Russian invaders and marauders.

Is there a moral or lesson to be learned here? Yes, and it's a big one: When attacked or invaded, stand and fight, you might win or put a halt to the invader.

Roger Borroel, East Chicago, Indiana

P.S.- Reported in BBC News:  

Asharf Ghani: Ex-Afghan president

Afghanistan's former president has defended his decision to flee the country as the Taliban closed in earlier this year, saying he did it to prevent the destruction of Kabul.

Asharf Ghani

The Taliban seized power in August after taking control of the Afghanistan capital.

Ashraf Ghani revealed that when he woke up on 15 August, he had "no inkling" it would be his last day in Afghanistan.

It was only when his plane left Kabul that he realized he was going, the fugitive Ghani said on BBC Radio 4's Today program.

Justifiably, Ghani has been heavily critizised and accused of abandoning the country at the time. He is now in the United Arab Emirates. (Reports BBC)