Here’s the oft-repeated metaphor:
Question: In a bacon and egg breakfast, what’s the difference between the chicken and the pig?
Answer: The chicken is involved, but the pig is COMMITTED!
Explanation: The pig puts its life on the line for “the cause”. The chicken stays a safe distance away … just making a low cost contribution to support the cause.
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Obviously, Zelenskyy and his fellow Ukrainians are the pigs … facing a literal and immediate existential threat … they’re fighting for their lives and their country.
The chickens?
Think: The UN, NATO, Western Europe, U.S.
They’re the ones who laid the groundwork for this mess … largely pooh-poohing the Putin threat for decades, becoming energy dependent with many (most?) of their energy eggs in the Russian basket, prioritizing the ever-elusive climate control agenda and social spending over national, regional and global geo-political security.
Now, they’re adopting the role of chickens … hesitant to confront the lethal bully… staying largely on the sidelines … offering up best wishes and ineffective rhetoric … funneling aid, but keeping their distance to preserve some semblance of deniability.
That approach may work … or the chickens may morph into pigs as Putin keeps escalating his war and expanding his territorial appetite.
In that case, another old adage comes to mind … something about a cooked goose.
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P.S. Keep “bacon & eggs” in mind when Zelenskyy addresses the joint session of Congress today.
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