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" Bill Clinton was the President and he had humiliated Boris Yeltsin, a drunk. And we intervened in the Balkans. That was not necessary. At the end of Clinton's presidency, Putin became President and it was too late."

Yes, after the fall of the Soviet Union the West naively believed that democracy itself is the answer, which it is not, as only insomuch as the voters are wise Godly will they elect the same, while the Russian mafia much filled the void of Soviet corruption. And the morally decaying West failed to really rehabilitate and develop Russia and seemed to disrespect it in the Kosovo intervention.

Yes, after the fall of the Soviet Union the West naively believed that democracy itself is the answer

The West believes that our values are universal. Obviously we know that not the cease but tell that to our politicians in your government. Same deal in the UK, France, Germany, etc.

Russia is unique, they did not go through enlightenment except for a brief period with Catherine the Great and Peter the Great.

Even then, they remained under an authoritarian rule. And throughout their history, they've been threatened with invasions.

Trump recognizes that. Russia needs to be ruled by a strongman. Allow time for institutions to be established in Russia. Then people will demand to be free.