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February 28, 2022

If Putin Loses, History Wins

Here’s the encouraging news: The reaction to Putin’s aggression has been so severe and brutal he may, in fact, not prevail.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar Speak at White Nationalist Conference

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted that during the conference, Fuentes declared that people are comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, drawing a response of “Let’s go!!!” from the crowd and “espoused replacement theory.” Greene spoke at the conference in person, while Gosar spoke in a video address.

Wiesenthal Center Calls for US to “Shut Down All Diplomatic Interchange with Moscow”

“It is incomprehensible that while millions of innocent Ukrainians are cowering in bomb shelters and subways, when its government and institutions are being targeted for destruction, that the US State Department can still believe it can be diplomatic business as usual with Vladimir Putin’s regime. There can be no diplomatic niceties with Russia while its invading troops murder, maim, and displace, innocent Ukrainians.”

Echoes of the Holodomor

What we are seeing unfolding in Ukraine should be of no surprise. It is an old school extension of the twentieth century. Putin is reprising Stalin’s playbook in Ukraine: occupy it, use its resources, repress its people, make them feel just Russian enough that they don’t fight back.

Ukraine’s Jewish Problem

However this conflict may end, the dark side of Ukraine’s antisemitic history should not be overlooked.

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