https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/maria-salazar-misses-the-point-on-russia-and-ukraine/
"Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have behaved heroically in defense of their country. But they don’t — or at least, they shouldn’t — dictate American foreign policy. The American people do, via the politicians they elect to represent them. At
times, it was unclear whether Salazar recognized a difference between American and Ukrainian interests. She did tell Carlson that she was “representing what” her district “think[s],” arguing that “if we believe . . . that this is just gonna be
the first or the last confrontation with a bad actor, we’re in for a very big surprise. Because if we do not confront bad actors with strength, then we’re gonna have China and Russia and Iran and Fidel and Venezuela and Nicaragua — they’re
watching what we’re doing.” And perhaps that’s true — the congresswoman would certainly be in good company in making the case for such a position. But American interests are a distinct entity, and should be regarded as such by American policy-
makers. “What Zelensky says, goes,” is not how our foreign policy is supposed to work.

The United States has rightly signaled that we are unambiguously on the Ukrainian people’s side in this conflict. But that doesn’t mean that it’s in our interest to say yes to every Ukrainian request. For all of Salazar’s equivocation, Zelensky’
s repeated calls for a U.S.-backed no-fly zone would be a disaster for the United States, and for the West more broadly. Maybe Salazar is right that a failure to confront Putin aggressively would be bad for America. But if her first concern is American
interests rather than Ukrainian ones, she should also consider how an overly aggressive response to Putin could result in catastrophe here at home. "

Maria Salazar and probably other like her had missed the Point. In response, Russia sent a signal to make sure other US/Western elites won't miss the point.

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