Posted by John Pavlovitz Feb 24, Watching the slow and steady Russian advance toward Ukraine over recent weeks, a stomach-turning series of thoughts took up residence in my head⦠Americans are not going to side with Putin, are they? I mean, there is no way that will be their position, will it? Sure, they voted for and fell prostrate before a spineless, amoral weakling who has showered the Russian dictator with effusive praise for decades.
And yes, they repeatedly turned a blind eye as the knowledge of Russian interference in the elections surfaced, knowing the dire implications for our collective sovereignty and safety. And yeah, they have steadfastly defended a violent insurrection on our Capitol designed to hold members of Congress hostage while commandeering the government and overturning a free and fair election.
And sure, they have spent three years denying a virus, shunning safeguards, refusing masks, and opposing vaccines while a million of their countrymen and women were rapidly destroyed.
Even with all of that, even fully entrenched in embarrassing, blind tribalism for the past five years, they are not going to take up the cause of a coldblooded dictator as he literally and figuratively tramples on the human rights of tens of millions of Ukrainians.
Sadly and inexplicably, the response from the former president, his soulless sycophants in Congress and cable TV, and his rank-and-file MAGA fan club have managed to do the requisite mental gymnastics to lionize Vladimir Putin and denigrate President Biden, littering their broadcasts, press conferences, social media pages, and casual conversations with sickening praises for a man responsible for more deaths than any of us can fathom; a man who has been a planetary threat and a fierce adversary of America; a man who is the antithesis of what this nation aspires to and stands for.
