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2022 passed the Canadian optimist test: It could have been worse, writes William Watson. Find out more.

. And then I was surprised — we all were — that the invasion went so poorly. I assumed Russia would capture Kyiv in a few days and hunt down and either assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or extradite him for a show trial.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

I was surprised it was such a hard year for autocrats in general. “Sire, the peasants are revolting.” “Yes, aren’t they?” as the old joke goes. But this year the downtrodden actually did revolt. Brave Iranians are still protesting against religious dictatorship. It took great courage for Iran’s soccer players not to sing their national anthem at the World Cup.

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