“many people in the US and a few on FR have a lot of leftover anger who lost family or people in the Soviet Russian /Ukraine”
Many people are mentally fighting a cold war that no longer exists. Of course, the Russian people also have a bit of experience in the area of losing people on their own ground due to war - what was it, 25 million in WW2?
Ukrainians have always had wars and conflicts. That's just their history.
I've said before that our Military leaders have stated that often there are the older generation leaders who create problems and get in the way of solutions because they still have that cold ware mentality.
Right, after Stalin signed a pact with the Nazis. Nice people those Russian leaders.
Our stupidity was having Madeleine Albright as Secretary of State. Remember when she strutted around all over the globe proclaiming, “We are the sole remaining superpower. We are the one indispensable nation”?
Reminded me of what western Europe did after WWI, rubbing Germany’s nose in their defeat. What did Putin think of our boasting? I thought this would lead to trouble. You don’t humiliate Czar Putin.