For the sake of someday having positive relations with Russia post-Putin, we must avoid Russophobia even as we support Ukraine

The situation at the border is undeniably a crisis, and whatever course of action America pursues will be fraught with difficulty

I am not, here, interested in debating the specific conditions on our southern border. This is its own crisis. What I am interested in is commenting on why comparing what’s going on down there to the Holocaust is foolish both historically and strategically. For what it’s worth, my objections apply to nearly any comparison made between the Holocaust and a current atrocity—real or perceived.

People acting to rid the world of injustice without knowing the darkness of their own hearts are dangerous, because they are blind to their own propensity toward injustice.