Dear First Felon:

So, imagine this scenario: It’s the outbreak of WWII, and the Nazis have invaded Poland and murdered thousands of civilians. The Nazi Germany leader, Adolf Hitler, says he’s entitled to the land he’s grabbing and that the poor civilians he’s killing have just gotten themselves in the way.

FDR, the US president then, instead of condemning the Nazi brutality, blames Poland for having “gotten into” the war. FDR in fact begins “negotiations” with Hitler – which can only embolden Hitler, normalizing his conduct – and no representative of Poland is even allowed to be present at these “negotiations.”

This hypothetical presumably doesn’t sound outrageous to you, Sir, because it’s exactly your conduct with regard to Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

You should be so proud of yourself, Sir – becoming now the all-time enemy of the free world and of democracy.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger