The Situation on Friday asked whether it was still possible to serve ethically as a federal prosecutor.
Today, let’s stare betrayal in the face.
The United States has betrayed allies before. It has sponsored coups against democratic regimes. It has left people behind when it withdraws from conflicts it has come to regret. It has done its share of ugly things, and I’m not romantic about the history of American foreign policy.
I cannot, however, think of a time when it has ever before turned against a democratic ally to side with a monstrous dictator pursuing a genocidal war of aggression.
I cannot think of a time it has lurched so readily to side with evil against the values it purports to represent.
Not yet, this is just the prologue.