2010s:
American proxies destabilize and overthrow legitimate governments.
Russian armed forces defend legitimate governments from American proxies.
It is hard to believe that we Americans have become the outlaws and now Russia -- Russia! -- has become the defender of legitimate governments and of oppressed Christians. For this old Cold Warrior, it's a world turned upside down.
You have no idea how difficult it is for me to deal with this fact. I agonize over how to convince military and retired military that they will get the same treatment as Ambassador Stevens and the American Military that stood with him, at the hands of Obama and Clinton.