Opinion Why Putin is no Hitler The Ukraine invasion isn't a replay of the Second World War BY Daniel McCarthy . Biden remains cool-headed amid apocalyptic Washington. Credit: Peter Klaunzer/Pool/Keystone/Getty Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review February 26, 2022 ToryAnarchist February 26, 2022 Filed under: Global affairs DonetskForeign PolicyInvasionIraq WarPutinRussiaUkraineUS PoliticsWarZelensky Share: Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a barbarity. It is also an act of futility. That is not how many in Washington see it, and even Republicans who have become sceptical of foreign intervention may be shocked into thinking that Putin can succeed....