Sean Penn, Ukraine

Sean Penn's problem is that he's preaching to the choir but still wants to be morally superior to it.

It's like wanting to be a movie star and then punching people for taking your picture. 

Penn has courageously taken a position on Ukraine that is identical to that of everyone in the U.S. government, on CNN and MSNBC and I don't know, but I would imagine most of them on Fox News. But Penn is so indignant about it, outraged that no one cares as deeply as he does.

Ukraine is the only country with a Nazi formation in its military, but Penn thinks he's a radical or a progressive or at least a humanitarian for supporting them. 

Donetsk and Lugansk have been under siege by Ukrainian Nazis for eight years. At least 14,000 people there have been killed. They had as much right to secede from Ukraine as Ukraine had to secede from the USSR and had much better reason for doing so. They had every right to ask Russia for help and Russia was right to help them.

But Penn was on Fox News and it's hard to tell, but he seemed to argue that risking nuclear war would be worth it if Ukraine got to join NATO and rule over Donbas. Even if you're in favor of those things, there's no moral principle involved.