America's culture war is spilling into actual war-war | Thomas Zimmer

To US conservatives, the real enemy is the 'militant left wing' in the United States. How did it come to this? America is divided. That's not news. But the authoritarian ruler in the Kremlin deciding to invade a democratic neighbor - that's the type of international crisis that traditionally might have inspired some closing of the ranks: set differences aside, let domestic quarrels rest. But conservatives are evidently out on the idea of patriotic unity. The right's reactions to Russia's attack ...