“being in bed with Putin” and
“spooning.”
Democrats, sadly, only have themselves to blame. Such juvenile trashiness is now bipartisan in the USA, where
“Russiagate” hysteria came with a wave of homophobic sex jokes from liberals.
And some reactions are over the top and out of touch with reality, such as the joint Polish-Ukrainian foreign ministers’ declaration, which warns of
“a political, military and energy threat for Ukraine and Central Europe” and of
“Russia's potential to destabilize” European security as well as to create
“divisions among NATO and European Union member states.”
You might feel that divisions between NATO allies were deepened not by Russia, finishing what was a six-year project already, but the USA (and its