Zelensky’s Hitlerian heel turn
The man who ran on a platform of peace became a “War President” as soon as he took office. What happened?
The war in Ukraine is often seen as an epic battle between “democracy” and “autocracy” .
There is a villain in this story: an autocrat who rules with an iron hand, who bans all opposition political parties and jails his political opponents; a strongman who shuts down all opposition media and news outlets, while maintaining a stranglehold on what the public sees and hears; a paranoid man who surrounds himself with cronies and is backed by powerful, criminal oligarchs; a vain man who wants the whole world to pay attention to him.
Yes, I am talking about Volodymyr Zelensky.
A very funny man
I have often described Volodymyr Zelensky as Ukraine’s Robin Williams: irreverent, biting, and yet politically aware. Here is a 2015 clip of Zelensky doing his standup — before he was elected President of Ukraine. In it, he touches on everything from the conflict in the Donbas, to Barack Obama, to NATO and the “Europeanisation” of Ukraine following EuroMaidan:
