The article emphasizes the urgent need for international allies to recognize the threats to American democracy posed by current political actions in the U.S. It argues that just as America had supported allied nations during crises, now those nations, including the EU, UK, Canada, and Japan, have a moral obligation to assist Americans facing authoritarianism. Historical references underline this call for solidarity, highlighting past American support for besieged allies, and suggesting that preserving democracy is a collective responsibility among nations.
As nations who were helped by America in World War II and who have depended on the United States for our security, do we now have an obligation to reciprocate and help tens of millions of Americans whose liberty is threatened?
An America descending into authoritarianism also poses a threat to the democracies they lead.
I firmly believe that the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan have a historic obligation to the American people to do what they can to help us preserve our democracy.
Ordinary Americans such as my mother were doing their partâhowever smallâto support a democratic country besieged by Nazi Germany.
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