Opinion: The light of Hanukkah shines in Ukraine

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Many have compared President Zelenskyy's address to a joint session of Congress to the appearance Winston Churchill made 81 years ago.

But I was reminded of when Churchill addressed the Canadian House of Commons a few days later. He said French generals who urged surrender to Germany had told their government, "'In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.'"

"Some chicken," Winston Churchill told Canada's parliament. "Some neck."

When Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24th, many experts and analysts, including generals, told many news and talk shows that Russian air power and tanks would quickly overwhelm Ukraine.

Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey, among many respected authorities, told MSNBC, "Putin is likely to achieve his military objectives, perhaps in under 90 days..."

It has now been 303 days. There was a Churchillian echo when President Zelenskyy told this week's joint session of Congress, "Ukraine is alive and kicking."