When President Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and gas nearly two weeks ago, I wasn’t surprised. With the war in Ukraine escalating, I knew it was an inevitable move meant to put a squeeze on Russia’s Putin and end this senseless bloodshed he unleashed. What I found more shocking was our next step was to turn to Venezuela. Really? Is that what we’re doing? We’re benching a tyrannical dictator, and whistling another one into the game? Are we so desperate for oil that we’re turning to Nicolás Maduro, an ultra-corrupt, murderous dictator whose regime has been accused by the United Nations of…

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