I suppose it’s not a nice thing for me to ask now, but I’m asking anyway:

Why did Gori continue to keep a statue of Stalin? Sure, Stalin may have been born in Gori, but something about Gori being proud of Joseph Stalin as a hometown hero, something about that bothers me. Keeping the Stalin statue intact may sound like a minor question, but I don’t think it is. Despite my support for the airlift of supplies into Georgia, there is a limit to how far I can support anybody who feels pride in Stalin.

Yes, we need to send a red light to Russia. Yes, we need to support our allies. Yes, we should sent Georgia necessary supplies. I don’t like Stalin. I don’t like how he murdered millions of Russians. I don’t like how he starved millions of Ukrainians. And I don’t like people who regard such a monster as a hero.

I wonder if one reason why Germany vetoed Georgia’s entry into NATO was that statue in Gori. Many Germans have bitter feelings about Stalin.