What if Putin had been drone killing people in Venezuela for the past 10 years?

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94. Tell me what precisely is leftist about justifying foriegn invasion

By an authoritarian regime that imprisons the political opposition and people who have the audacity to be openly homosexual? I see no signs of leftism, principal, or anything that's remotely rational. What I see is people that support war as long as it isn't waged by the US. My point stands. It is obvious that they have no problem with war or military invasion in violation of international law. In fact, they go out of their way to justify it. I don't have enough respect for the position or those that make it to give it an ideological label, even one of anti-Americanism. My guess is the issue is more psychological than political, which is why I referenced a Freudian loathing of the national self. I choose my words deliberately. I resent your trying to elevate my criticism to that one might give toward an opposing ideology. It is not an ideology because there are no ideas or principal. There is simply a recitation of propaganda. And it most certainly is not a position of the left. Russia hasn't been communist for decades, and there is nothing leftist about the current Russian government. To call the position leftist is truly bizarre. It's justification for Empire and military might. Nothing more.

A couple weeks ago you insisted no one on this site supported Putin. Now your charges is that I am right-wing because I don't support Russia's invasion of a foreign country. I would think it would think those intellectual gymnastics would get tiring after a while. I can't wait to hear the excuses for why Russia deserves the rest of the Ukraine or even Poland. Playing games doesn't make the position any more principled or rational because it is entirely devoid of both.