I believe Putin and the Russian leadership give snakepits a bad name.
I believe Ukraine is a sovereign nation was invaded wrongly, and that Russia is the Bad Guy.
Aside from the immorality of the invasion, I don’t have a horse in this race.
Further, notwithstanding Ukraine being the victim, I don’t want one dime going from the Treasury to Ukraine or ANY foreign nation. People can Venmo Zelinsky a few bucks from their checking account if they’re that worked up about it.
Perhaps 20-30 years ago, most conservatives would see the R-UK war, yawn and go back to work. To wit: nobody got worked up over the Soviet-Afghanistan war. Even during the annexation of the Crimea, people were relatively chill.
But Manischewitz, it boggles the mind to see the quantum of bandwidth wasted on the back and forth between “Zeepers” and “Putinistas.”
I mean, I get calling out the hypocrisy of Putin et al and his faux morality. That sombich has the Cross in his hand and the devil in his heart.
But for a conflict and a people thousands of miles away, you’d think the R-UK war is right down the street from the posters.
I think between the pandemic, the 2020 riots and election and OSHA mandate, a lot of people just lost their touch with reality. I also believe they “gave up” on America and have fallen for the Prince of Lies and now hoist Putin or Zelinsky on their shoulders.
There is much I agree with wholly in your post, DoodleBob. I believe we are very close in our perspective.
I view Putin as a KGB thug whose spots will never change, and I despise him and all like him.
The problem is that the US and the UK forced Ukraine to give back their nuclear weapons to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Maybe we shouldn't have done that. But since we did that, we are obligated to help Ukraine. Because it's the moral thing to do.