While Russia's advances into a country locked between European aspirations and Russian imperialism exposed the ambitions of Vladimir Putin, Western nations and their media outlets sang a common chorus. In stunning uniformity, Western halls of state and societal power condemned Russia's siege of Ukraine as “imperialism.” Then they praised the courage of the Ukrainian people fighting against an indomitable army and impossible odds. The language of resistance and the face of anti-imperialism, which long colored campaigns old and new beyond Europe, were given a white and Western face.

Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamopho…, loc. 1179