I’ve also got family history of bad experiences with Russia and the Ukraine and that does not prevent me from seeing clearly.
WE have an advantage....it matters when you know the Lord how one views the world, both History and otherwise. I’ve considered this often of late, how would I think today were it not for the Lord?
There’s also a real ‘fear’ for countries formally of the USSR because they still see Russia through the lens of the USSR....and that’s because the mindset of those generations continues to be passed on to the next.
Sorry one more thing,
When Nikki Haley said: “Russia will never be our friend.”
She qualified that statement with “until they become a good actor.”