Volodymyr ZelenskyPlaying the game of Washington politics while also defending against the Russian army. Winning Dancing With the Stars, dubbing Paddington 2, leading sitcoms, defending a country as the Russian army is trying to conquer it—what can’t this guy do? During his virtual address to Congress on Wednesday, Zelensky also revealed that he can play D.C. politics. After restating his request for a no-fly zone, he said that if that “is too much to ask,” then “we offer an alternative”—a request for air-defense systems, like the powerful S-300 systems. “The point of the no-fly zone request is to make us feel guilty that we can’t do the no-fly zone, so that we work even harder on everything that we can do.” The U.S. is working on getting those weapons systems to Ukraine.

Source: The Nation March 19, 2022 16:01 UTC