> Russia is about to seize sovereign territory by armed force for the first time in decades. <
That is the bottom line. Yes, Ukraine is corrupt. And yes, Putin had some legitimate security concerns. But when he ordered his army to cross an international border everything else became trivial in comparison.
It amazes me how some people try to minimize that act of aggression.
Now, how should the West respond? That is an entirely separate question where good people can disagree. But to defend the invasion itself, I just don’t get that.
So in your view a country is required to endure any sort of outrage perpetrated by the corrupt neocon globalists rather than start a war? Funny for the US to be preaching this line.
“But when he ordered his army to cross an international border everything else became trivial in comparison.”
So, crossing an international border with your military is against the rules? LOL the disconnect is strong in you. Libya, Syria, Serbia, Iraq, etc.
And it amazes me how we Americans moralize about the behavor of others when they do the same things we do. Since 1823, we have exerted our will on our "sovereign" neighbors throughout our hemisphere, and we'd be hard pressed to name one of those countries besides Canada that we haven't invaded at least once.
Now we've moved NATO eastward to Russia's doorstep, utterly destroyed Belgrade for its resistance, overthrown the Kiev government which was friendly to Russia, and declared that Ukraine will be a NATO member. Not in Russia's hemisphere, but on its vulnerable southern border. What would we do in Moscow's shoes?
This war is on us and our hubris. From 5,000 miles away, we have played a stupid game and Europe has won our stupid prize. Russia is cleaning up a mess that Washington created and is still compounding, and the sooner it ends the better for everyone.