@Lash,
Out of curiosity - do you reserve any criticism for Russias targeting of civilian targets, such as destroying 40% of Ukraining power plants?
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On a related but different note - is the invasion of Ukraine not consistent with:
- Russian invasian or Georgia, or
- its previous conflict with Ukraine where it annexed Crimea from Ukraine; or
- the still not ended war in the Donbas region of Ukraine?
And inconsistent with previous Ukrainian Presidents open desire to join NATO? Or NATO's promise that it could one day join?...and no Russian invasion?
I wonder if you gave the common people are vote on who they would like to associate with, whether they would choose Russia, or the West. And I wonder if you think the common people should have a say in their own destiny.
I wonder if you believe that two countries cannot co-exist side by side if they are in different alliances (Note: this does not refer to nuclear missile movements or military buildups, which are a very different matter - but the simple belonging to a different alliance).
Because of the above, I wonder how you think the world isn't constantly at war based on which alliance neighbours belong to.
Provocation is not a good political strategy, and decisions are not made in a vacuum (they all have contributing factors). And yet, all people, and all countries must remain responsible for every decision they make, because no one else can actually force a person to do anything (coercion is a somewhat different matter). That is to say "You made me do it" is the claim of immature children, and a good number of immature adults. Adults accept they make decisions for given reasons, even if they are unpopular reasons, and even if they ended up making a mistake. The decision was theirs.
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I see you blaming the West...but don't see you criticising Russia's part in its own decisions, nor its behaviour in targeting civilian infrastructure.
