As the days grow shorter and temperatures turn chilly, especially in the northern U.S., minds start to turn toward the upcoming holiday season. For too many Americans, though, paying for heat will present a hardship this winter, as heating oil and other fuel prices have soared, in large part because of the ongoing Black Sea war.
While the situation may be frustrating for Americans, it looms as a downright miserable and dangerous one for Ukrainians. Those war-weary citizens face the likely turmoil of consumer product shortages and regular power outages due to ongoing Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, from warehouses to pipelines. These privations will unfold during the harsh Ukrainian winter, exacerbating the pain.
But instead of pursuing a reasonable peace with intensity and diligence, Volodymyr Zelensky chooses instead to engage in yet another media tour of Western capitals, to be feted by the usual suspects of media mavens, multilateralists, celebrities, and arms-makers.
His appearance on Piers Morgan's program was especially tone deaf and insulting to the American people, who have quite literally saved his life and preserved his country in the face of a brutal invasion. Among the many offensive statements of that complaint fest, this one struck the worst chord of all:
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