The War in Ukraine Offers the Islamic Republic Opportunities in Syria
The ayatollahs are rubbing their hands in glee as their Russian allies make life difficult for their American enemies.
March 15, 2022
Opponents of Moscow’s interests are labeled “Nazis”—even if they’re Jews.
For much of the past eight years, the Kremlin has sought to portray the Ukrainian government as dominated by neo-Nazis, going so far as to describe its current military engagement as a campaign of “denazification.” Jeffrey Herf investigates the historical precedents of this rhetoric:
The ayatollahs are rubbing their hands in glee as their Russian allies make life difficult for their American enemies.
While providing cover for leftist anti-Semites.
Opponents of Moscow’s interests are labeled “Nazis”—even if they’re Jews.
And the long history of a local tradition.
Reading John Milton with an Orthodox rabbi.
For much of the past eight years, the Kremlin has sought to portray the Ukrainian government as dominated by neo-Nazis, going so far as to describe its current military engagement as a campaign of “denazification.” Jeffrey Herf investigates the historical precedents of this rhetoric:
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