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Will Our Actions Ever Match Our Words on Human Rights?

Whether in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, or Xinjiang, there have been too few consequences for atrocities.
Will Our Actions Ever Match Our Words on Human Rights?

Warning: This article contains graphic images.

A woman mourns during the funeral of a family member killed in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 15. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.)

The ubiquitous Ukrainian flags, concerts for Ukraine, statehouses, opera houses and monuments alit in yellow and blue, ribbons, emojis, a spot on the Grammys for Volodymyr Zelensky; and the weapons—drones, surface to air missiles, ammunition, armored personnel carriers (no MiGs, but still)—all reflect an incredible solidarity with a nation under attack.

Danielle Pletka is a distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the host, with Marc Thiessen, of the podcast What the Hell Is Going On?

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