If that is the most substantive criticism that you read in that op/ed piece you might want to take another look.

I especially appreciated this observation, "And many of his public appearances are in America: the only country in the whole world that rewards those who denounce it with the honors and opportunities that make denouncing it into a rewarding way of life."

The irony of it is apparently as lost on Cholmsky as it is lost on several correspondents to this forum.

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