{"id":410508,"date":"2022-02-28T05:11:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T02:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T05:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T02:11:35","slug":"we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29063a3a23d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29063a3a23d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_right_Bitter_Lessons_of_the_War\" >From the right: Bitter Lessons of the War<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/#Elex_watch_Plunging_Income_Will_Sting_Dems\" >Elex watch: Plunging Income Will Sting Dems<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/#Energy_desk_Joes_Assist_to_Vlad\" >Energy desk: Joe\u2019s Assist to Vlad<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/#Culture_critic_Erasing_JK_Rowling\" >Culture critic: Erasing J.K. Rowling<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cannot-look-away-from-ukraine-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_Loan_Pause_Serves_Elite\" >Conservative: Loan Pause Serves Elite<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/AFP_32436CP-e1646014286417.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_right_Bitter_Lessons_of_the_War\"><\/span>From the right: Bitter Lessons of the War<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s vital that the world not look away\u201d from \u201cthe indifferent brutality of Vladimir Putin\u2019s assault on Ukraine,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/vladimir-putins-ukraine-slaughterhouse-russia-volodymyr-zelensky-11645830840\">argues The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editors<\/a>, since \u201cit\u2019s a warning of what will become more common as the multi-decade Pax Americana recedes.\u201d As \u201cUkraine\u2019s forces are putting up brave resistance despite being overwhelmed in firepower,\u201d both \u201cEurope and the U.S. should be ashamed for not doing more to help Ukrainians defend themselves.\u201d Watch this \u201cwar of imperial conquest by a stronger nation subjugating the weak. Westerners who have lived in peaceful comfort for decades should absorb the awful lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Elex_watch_Plunging_Income_Will_Sting_Dems\"><\/span>Elex watch: Plunging Income Will Sting Dems<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe incumbent president\u2019s party almost always struggles\u201d during midterm elections, but President Biden may face a \u201cchallenge no president has faced in midterms for nearly 50 years: declining incomes due to high inflation,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/2\/21\/22936218\/inflation-biden-midterms-democrats\">warns Andrew Prokop at Vox<\/a>. Of the 18 midterms from 1950 to 2018, only three \u201cfeatured negative real income growth,\u201d and all \u201cwent badly for the president\u2019s party, with two being the worst\u201d in modern times. And by the \u201clatest economic metrics\u201d Democrats\u2019 prospects don\u2019t \u201clook good.\u201d Per the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, real wage growth turned negative in 2021 because of inflation. As voters blame Biden for a bad economy, the White House seeks\u00a0to \u201cbrainstorm a new economic message \u2014 but there may be no substitute for improving workers\u2019 real wages.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Energy_desk_Joes_Assist_to_Vlad\"><\/span>Energy desk: Joe\u2019s Assist to Vlad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Ukraine debacle showcases Joe Biden\u2019s many failures,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectatorworld.com\/topic\/ukraine-debacle-showcases-joe-biden-failures\/\">declares Roger Kimball at Spectator World.<\/a>\u00a0Remember \u201cthe good old days when America was energy independent, nay, when it was\u201d a net exporter? That was \u201cas recent as 2020.\u201d Then Biden, on entering office, \u201cshut down the Keystone Pipeline\u201d and discouraged domestic production \u2014 while green-lighting Russia\u2019s Nord Stream 2. The result: In 2020, \u201cnatural gas was $4.36 per 1,000 cubic feet.\u201d Last year, \u201cprices more than doubled, averaging $9 per 1,000 cubic feet.\u201d It not only \u201ccosts more to heat your house this winter.\u201d You can also thank Biden for \u201chelping to fund Russia\u2019s military adventurism.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Culture_critic_Erasing_JK_Rowling\"><\/span>Culture critic: Erasing J.K. Rowling<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The New York Times, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2022\/02\/24\/the-erasure-of-jk-rowling\/\">gripes Simon Evans at Spiked, <\/a>\u201chas endorsed the notion that J.K. Rowling\u2019s\u201d trans heresy \u201cmakes her very existence regrettable.\u201d The paper\u2019s latest ad \u201cfeatures a subscriber . . . listing a few of her favorite things,\u201d showing her \u201cin a field, wearing a sort of wizard\u2019s cape and flourishing a wand, \u2018Imagining Harry Potter Without its Creator.\u2019\u201d How about \u201cinstead of indulging in psychopathic abstract decapitations of the mind of J.K. Rowling from the body of her work,\u201d the Times and its ilk try \u201cgratitude\u201d for \u201cthe combination of qualities \u2014 courage to speak her truth, surely among them \u2014 that allowed J.K. Rowling and no one else to give the world Harry Potter.\u201d And \u201cif that really doesn\u2019t work,\u201d just \u201cread another f\u200a-\u200a-\u200aking book.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_Loan_Pause_Serves_Elite\"><\/span>Conservative: Loan Pause Serves Elite<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe left claims that President Biden\u2019s student loan moratorium is about helping the \u2018working class.\u2019 But the moratorium is a special favor for affluent elites,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/feb\/24\/bidens-student-loan-pause-serves-progressive-elite\/\">thunders Isabelle Morales at The Washington Times.<\/a> Biden\u2019s extension of the repayment moratorium until May \u201cis incredibly unfair to Americans\u201d who don\u2019t have college debt or paid off their loans. And while \u201cthe left claims extending the moratorium will help low-income Americans, it will actually help wealthy individuals. About \u201c75% of student loan repayments come from the top 40% of earners.\u201d Others will pay: With the moratorium costing \u201cmore than $100 billion\u201d as of January, it\u2019s also adding to the government\u2019s \u201chistoric, out-of-control spending.\u201d \u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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