I've been reading this morning Washington Post senior editor Marc Fisher's piece headlined, "5,000 miles away but hitting home: How Russia’s advance on Ukraine is rattling Americans." A variant headline might read, "Why Russia's advance on Ukraine should rattle Americans." That would include, of course, Iowans.
Kind of doubt many Iowans are especially interested --- yet. We're still preoccupied with scapegoating school teachers, banning books and deflecting imaginary threats from transgender children. Although, as you might expect, our state's senatorial delegation, Grassley and Earnst, has taken a bold stand --- against President Biden.
And every other social media post from my fellow progressives today appears to include a long list of reasons to care --- I've read a couple of the lists, and agree.
But it boils down to the fact that we're witnessing the leader of a Russian regime motivated by megalomania and armed with false narrative orchestrating the invasion a sovereign nation friendly to the interests of Western Europe and the Americas.
It would be a positive development in Iowa if, let's say, at least a quarter of the population at least could locate Ukraine on a map. So here are two plucked from my Facebook feed to help out.
No comments:
Post a Comment