“Yeah, it’s their country -— so we need to stay out of it.”
It is their country - and we should help them keep it because a more humble Russia is better for us in the long run.
“Thank you for agreeing with me.”
I agree with you on 50% of what you said. That’s a start.
“The ultimate point of my earlier post...”
fair enough.
Problem is, getting to a more humble Russia is like getting to a more humble Assad.
Getting to a more humble Assad would have meant helping very bad Syrian elements and terrorists. No way. We saw what that got us in Afghanistan in the long run. And 80% of Americans agree with me on Syria.
So, humbling Russia would mean quite possibly ending up helping Neo Nazi Svoboda and Pravy Sektor - very bad elements. Again, no way. Svoboda was ggiven 1/4 of the interim gov’t posts after the ouster of the former Ukrainian head.