“Russia was on path to being civilized and then the Russians elected Putin who brought back the Cold War.”
I’m not sure what planet you live on. But on my planet (Earth) I look at years of outlandish accusations against the Russians by the media and our government with creative and made-up claims of sadistic behavior and interference by the Russians, years of NATO expansion from 12 to 30 nations up to the doorstep of Russia, the totally bizarre launch of the government’s case against a sitting president for Russia collusion by a totally so-called unbiased independent investigator, who by the way, found nothing and to the outlandish report of Russian women peeing on the president’s bed. There are many more, but I won’t bore you with them.
And you can honestly say these constant accusations do not send a well-defined message to the Russians?? If not then you are very naive or just plain dumb (or both).
At least Putin stands up for his country which is more than one can say about our current government which is led by a so-called president who can’t string words together to make a coherent thought!
WOW. What blinders you have on there.
Russia at one point was offered a path to membership in NATO and the EU and they declined both. Thus they abdicated any potential voice in the internal affairs and membership in both organizations.
As it stands Russia does not get a veto on who gets to join NATO anymore than the Democrats get to tell Republicans who can run as the GOP nominee for President.
Too bad, so sad. Suck rocks. Pound sand, etc.
“At least Putin stands up for his country”
I don’t mind the man standing up for his country. But invading someone else’s country for a shifting set of vague reasons is not his call. He’s also lost any vestige of credibility with this last nuttiness of claiming Hitler was a Jew therefore it’s okay to kill Jews.