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As another genocide looms, Western virtue-signaling won’t cut it

By Michael Rubin

Published April 4, 2022 11:30am ET

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As another genocide looms, Western virtue-signaling won’t cut it — In this image taken from footage released by Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, an Azerbaijan's rocket launches from missile system at the contact line of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. | (Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry via AP)

The West failed to prevent the atrocities in Ukraine by dithering in the weeks before the Russian invasion.

“Every year, politicians repeat ‘Never again.’ And now, we see that these words are simply worthless.” So said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month. The images of Ukrainians, bound, beaten, and raped before their execution by retreating Russian forces in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, give his words new resonance.

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