CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 21, 2024
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MUST FEEL LIKE HE’S ON TOP OF THE WORLD. HIS CHIEF RIVAL, ALEXI NAVALNY, HAS DIED IN PRISON. RUSSIA CLAIMS HE DIED AFTER RETURNING FROM A WALK. NO ONE BELIEVES THAT. PUTIN NOW HAS A CLEAR SHOT AT RE-ELECTION FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS, THOUGH HE’S LIKELY TO STAY UNTIL HE DIES. ALL THE WEST APPEARS ABLE TO DO IS ISSUE STATEMENTS DENOUNCING NAVALNY’S DEATH. HIS WIFE AND MOTHER HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE HIS BODY.
UKRAINE FORCES HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM A MAJOR CITY IN A BLOW TO ITS EFFORT TO ROLL BACK RUSSIA’S INVASION. CONGRESS CONTINUES TO BICKER OVER AID TO THE EMBATTLED NATION.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS IT HAS IMPOSED MANY SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, BUT IT DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE DONE ANY GOOD. PUTIN CONTINUES TO BEHAVE LIKE THE THUG AND DICTATOR HE IS.
THE WEST LULLED ITSELF INTO A FALSE NOTION THAT THE WORLD HAD CHANGED FOR THE BETTER WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION, A COLLAPSE PUTIN HAS SAID WAS A GREAT TRAGEDY.
PUTIN IS AS EVIL AS ANY SOVIET DICTATOR AND HE SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH BY WHAT’S LEFT OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD. HIS HANDS ARE STAINED BY THE BLOOD OF MANY INNOCENT AND BRAVE RUSSIANS. NAVALNY IS ONLY THE LATEST. HE WON’T BE THE LAST AS LONG AS HE REMAINS IN POWER. I’M CAL THOMAS.
