Zelensky no stranger to honoring Nazis

Amateur Hour continues in Ottawa. Today was spent mostly buck-passing, finger-pointing, and donning sackcloth and ashes over the grave insult we inflicted on Zelly by having him applaud a 98 year old veteran who once “fought with the Nazis.” Relax, Ottawa! Since Zelensky became president, he has awarded Ukraine’s highest honor, “Hero of Ukraine,” to members of at least three neo-Nazi groups: Aidar Battalion, Right Sektor, and Azov. Here’s a story from Israel’s Haaretz news site about the Nazi bona fides of Azov. Stories such as that were quite common in mainstream Western media before February 2022. The Guardian, NYT, Time, Newsweek and others frequently ran stories about the rich tradition of Ukrainian antisemitism and white supremacy permeating Ukrainian nationalist groups. I’m sure no offence was taken. The man did fight Russia, after all, and that’s all that matters in these dark days when the fate of the Free World rests on Zelly’s shoulders. He’s got bigger worries than what’s happening in the Ottawa clown show.