....”we should be supporting a country which believes it is entitled to dictate the foreign policy decisions of a sovereign neighbor because”.....
Oh come on...the USA does it all the time....who do you think has been funding the take down of so many foreign Governments worldwide.....Libya, Egypt,Syria and others, and impossing our democratic ideas on those nations?
American interference and occupations of nations halfway around the world are considered noble.... But Russian interference in a part of a country right on its border is the supreme act of lawless, imperial aggression?....If we were in Putin’s shoes we’d be doing the same thing...and have to protect our interests.
Any who’ve been watching the Power players over the years know who they are and how they go about using their force and their tactics.
Like it or not Putin’s actions were entirely defensive against the “other players” messing with Ukraine...Basically the U.S. is objecting to attempts by Russia to play a smaller and even far less aggressive version of its own world game.
I see you Russkies have also trotted out the old canard that the Ukrainians who oppose them are essentially Nazis; Maybe even real Nazis. The old lies never get tired for you Soviet propagandists, do they?
I don’t seem to recall US troops in Egypt, Libya or Tunisia. Or that their people along with Iraqis and Afghanis ‘proposing’ to join the US as a result of US intervention.
Our intervention = support of a nation’s self-determination.
Russian intervention = support of Russia’s self-determination.
And how many Russians support their government’s incursion? Less than 20%? They know the purpose at hand.