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Former CIA Moscow station chief Dan Hoffman laid out the brutal truth on air: Russia is “raining down hell” on Ukrainian civilians, a stark phrase that should wake the world from its complacency. His blunt assessment is not the language of a partisan pundit but of a career intelligence officer who has watched Russian tactics for decades.
Hoffman’s credentials matter — he served multiple tours as a CIA station chief in Moscow and now appears regularly as a Fox News national security analyst, which is why his warnings carry weight. When a seasoned operative tells you the Kremlin is following a familiar playbook of terror, you ignore it at your peril.
The scenes that Hoffman referenced are not propaganda; they were documented on the ground in places like Bucha, where journalists and investigators uncovered civilian executions, mass graves, and burned homes. Those images shocked the conscience of free nations and proved beyond doubt that Russia’s campaign has targeted ordinary people in ways that demand accountability.
If anything, Washington’s early softness sent the wrong signal to the Kremlin that aggression would be tolerated or negotiated away. Hoffman urged President Biden to speak plainly to the Russian military chain of command: stop taking orders from the Kremlin and stop murdering civilians, or face the consequences. That is the kind of clarity and backbone foreign policy needs more of, not muddled speeches and mixed signals.
Europe’s belated move to cut energy dependence on Moscow exposes how dangerously unprepared the West was; too many leaders treated Vladimir Putin’s promises as credible and left themselves vulnerable. Hoffman and other analysts are right to push for sustained military aid for Ukraine and long-term sanctions until Russia pays a price severe enough to deter future atrocities.
Conservatives who believe in national strength and moral clarity should reject isolationism and wishful thinking about tyrants. We must back the free world’s fighters for freedom with weapons, intelligence, and unrelenting pressure — and we must insist our leaders stop offering diplomatic cover to dictators. The choice is simple: stand with liberty and hold villains accountable, or watch aggression metastasize.
