[familyop]

"Given that we haven't declared war against either belligerent,..."

That's beside the point. Members of the Russian government have threatened or implied threats to nuke us several times. They're fomenting generalized hatred against Americans through their government controlled media with falsehoods. They've tried to interfere with U.S. elections (the filthy Russian accusations against Donald Trump in the "dossier" being only one case in point). They hate our freedoms. Their are many other reasons.

"...why should an American's loyalty to their country be called into question if they happen to believe the Russian Ministry of Defense's take on a particular event over that of, say, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense?"

Russian propaganda is not only false; it's moronic.

[FreshPrince]

Any country that has nukes pointed at us is our enemy and we should support any party that is their enemy within paramaters.

[Flick Lives]

hey’ve tried to interfere with U.S. elections (the filthy Russian accusations against Donald Trump in the “dossier” being only one case in point).

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You do realize that fake dossier was put together by the Hillary campaign with assistance from the corrupt FBI, right? The Russians weren’t involved in it, unless you’re taking the “fake but accurate” lane.

[Mariner]

“Their are many other reasons.”

None of them rational. All emotion.