When I returned to Russia in 1994, the Western world and its states were practically being worshipped......This mood started changing with the cruel NATO bombings of Serbia. It's fair to say that all layers of Russian society were deeply and indelibly shocked by those bombings.
... So, the perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical and selfish, lies at the core of Western policies. For many Russians it was a grave disillusion, a crushing of ideals.
Thank you, Schlickmeister Bill Clinton!
It's Clinton's opportunistic bombing of Serbia that turned Russia against us. (Not to mention that it turned Kosovo into a foothold for Islamofascists, too.)
Remember this every time the Hildebeast claims that "her husband" is one of the most beloved men on earth, and that she will appoint him a roving "Ambassador to the World" to restore good will to America after the evil Bush years.
So very true. The bombing of the Serbs did away with any peace dividend and started a new cold war. A nation that should have been an ally was turned away from us for political expediency and the survival of a president threatened by a blue dress.