Americans have been struggling with how to respond to human rights outrages in foreign countries ever since the U.S. was founded. There's a continuous spectrum of positions, from complete isolationism (no foreign involvement unless there's a direct threat to the U.S.) to being the world's policeman (intervening militarily every time a foreign government does something we don't like). I struggle with this myself. In this case, I don't think we should intervene militarily in Ukraine – but I do think we should be doing everything we can, covertly and overtly, to support the people fighting for their freedom. I also think we should be doing everything we can to make life difficult for the supporters of the thugocracy there – mainly Vladimir Putin and his Russian thugocracy. Unfortunately, That One's administration is doing virtually the opposite.
Well, what else would you expect from a would-be thugocrat with Hugo-envy?
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