I had to act.”All across the United States, small groups of military veterans are gathering, planning and getting passports in order. And volunteers risk not only their own lives, but also drawing the United States into a direct conflict with Russia. A few months into his time in Syria, he was shot in the leg, and eventually returned to the United States. When he saw explosions hitting Ukraine this week, the part of him that went to war three years ago reawakened. You have to draw the line.”The post ‘I Just Can’t Stand By’: American Veterans Join the Fight in Ukraine appeared first on New York Times.