Supporting Ukraine

When Americans learned of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the U.S. had an opportunity not seen in quite a few years: to agree unanimously that these war crimes were not acceptable and would not stand.

Of course, that’s not what happened.  Somehow, Fox News and the other far-right “news” shows were able to make the case that Ukraine was not worthy of our help, that we have nothing in common with its people, and that their country’s government was corrupt, so Russia should be allowed, even encouraged, to do whatever it liked in the region: indiscriminately bombing dozens of cities and towns, while arresting, torturing, raping and executing thousands of innocent men, women, and children.

It really came down to one thing: if the Democrats wanted something, regardless of how noncontroversial, it had to be opposed, even if that meant signaling to the world’s single most aggressive and oppressive regime that the United States and its allies were offering an open invitation to annex European democracies.

So here we are, enter a new year, defensing the indefensible. The actual facts on the Russian invasion and the state of peril in which it leaves the entire free world have long since ceased to matter in our post-truth society. Defending democracy against tyranny is no longer an imperative; it’s an option, here a poor one, adopted by woke liberal sissies.

On another matter, last month we actually reconfirmed how little value we place on facts and honesty, as we watched in horror as sociopath, moron, and pathological liar Herschel Walker came within a hair’s breadth of becoming a U.S. senator.  One would have thought Walker would have lost by 30 points, but no, it was less than 3.

Fighting against one another, over the most ridiculous causes, is really the only thing we do well at this point.