Paul KrugmanDec 22, 2022
Good roundup of the anti-Zelensky right, but I think it misses one additional point: the importance of the musclebound, thuggish Russian soldier in right-wing iconography 1/ https://www.thebulwark.com/putins-useful-idiots-right-wingers-lose-it-over-zelensky-visit/
Putin’s Useful Idiots: Right Wingers Lose It Over Zelensky Visit

The anti-Ukraine right can’t stand America standing as the arsenal of democracy.

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Show threadPaul KrugmanDec 22, 2022
Before Putin's war, lots of people on the right, from Ted Cruz on down, idolized bicep-flexing Russians who were supposed to be much tougher than our supposedly pampered service members 2/
Show threadPaul KrugmanDec 22, 2022
Even now you see people saying "a woke military is a weak military" — in the face of the definitely anti-woke Russian army's string of disasters . And how many times has Tucker Carlson declared that Russia is winning? 3/
Show threadJeff Fecke
@pkrugman It's the people who simply cannot fathom that self-control and empathy are *strengths*, even in (indeed, *especially* in) the military.
Dec 22, 2022 at 7:30pmWeb
Show threadRussDec 22, 2022
@jkfecke @pkrugman Look at how the right views Eddie Gallagher, to say nothing of its reaction to torture under Bush II. A material faction of the American right sincerely likes war crimes