[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Very cmpelling insight...

Good post.

And I notice, no retort from rude either.

[jjsheridan5]

I suspect there are many people who really want Russia to be the big bad villain, for the same reason that many on the left see "fascism" everywhere: because they envision themselves in the role of White Rose, a romantic vision of a scrappy underdog fighting for good against insurmountable odds. The problem is that, in doing so, they lose sight of context, and fail to grasp the magnitude of how bad fascism, and communism, really were. So cross-border activity in the east of the Ukraine becomes, in their mind, a full scale invasion replete with violations of the Geneva convention, rather than what it is: the kind of thing that has been happening in that area of the world for 100's of years. Not necessarily pretty or "good", but not the end of the world, either.

[1rudeboy]

I refer you to my comment #39. And if you want a response, ping me. That’s how things work around here. No need to artificially boost your ego.