Liam Conner
President Biden will deliver a speech on freedom and democracy on Friday at Pointe du Hoc, which during World War II was a heavily fortified German position captured by U.S. Army Rangers during the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
In his remarks, the president will draw a connection between the Allied powers’ fight for freedom on D-Day decades ago and support for sovereignty in Ukraine and elsewhere now.
Warning against isolationism and emphasizing the cost of not standing up to dictators has been a recurring theme this week for Biden. He is in France to observe the 80th anniversary of D-DayThe massive seaborne invasion helped put the Allies on the path to ending World War II.
“He will talk about what is at stake in that moment, an existential struggle between a dictatorship and freedom,” said national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who previewed the president’s speech to reporters. “He will talk about the men who climbed those cliffs and how they put the country before themselves. And he’ll talk about the dangers of isolationism and how if we bow down to dictators and can’t stand up to them, they’ll keep going. and ultimately, America and the world pay a greater price.”
During the U.S. attack on Omaha and Utah beaches on D-Day, U.S. Army Rangers scaled 100-foot cliffs and seized German artillery that could have attacked American troops when they landed. The success of the operation came at a high cost — of the 225 Rangers deployed on the mission, fewer than 75 were still in fighting condition at the end – but the attack resulted in a successful defense against German counterattacks. The World War II Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument was built to honor these men.
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Ukraine is a main focus for Biden, both in his speech and in his meetings with world leaders in France.
“The price of unbridled tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave,” Biden said in a speech in Normandy on Thursday. “In their generation, in their hour of trial, the D-Day Allied forces did their duty. Now the question for us is: in the hour of trial, will we do ours?”
Biden is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was on Omaha Beach on Thursday for an international event commemorating D-Day.
“The unity that defines history,” Zelenskyy tweeted on Thursday. “Today, in France, alongside our allies, we honor the bravery of the Allied forces who landed in Normandy 80 years ago. We remember. We thank them. We defend the values of the defenders of life.”
Biden is also expected to discuss the future of support for Ukraine with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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