Don’t give the paper tiger any teeth

In the midst of an information war wherein Putin is proclaiming himself an anti-Nazi crusader, the Latvians staged a parade to glorify a unit that swore its allegiance to Adolf Hitler.

Women participate in a 2012 event commemorating the Latvian Legion. The annual event returned on March 16 in Riga, Latvia, after two years of being cancelled due to pandemic health restrictions. One would have thought that common sense would have shut them down for good, writes Scott Taylor. Flickr photograph by Pablo Andrés Rivero

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 22, 2022

OTTAWA—The more that I watch the events unfold in Ukraine, offset against the domestic reaction here in Canada, I cannot help but wonder if I am missing something? We all watched in horror on Feb. 24 when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” and the Russ...

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