Just STOP the war mongering -- Russia is a very weak nation

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28. All countries have done bad things throughout history. We do not make a better world

by using those examples to justify their repetition for the rest of eternity.

The US practiced slavery for hundreds of years. We should not condone or permit its repetition in modern times.
We interned Japanese Americans. That does not mean we should condone or ignore another country (or our own) doing something like that again.
Many Western countries had colonies in Asia and Africa. Let's not go back to "You did it first" as a justification for repeating that evil.

There are many, many other examples. If the best another country can come up with is "Oh yeah. Well you did it a couple of hundred years ago so it's OK if we do it now." Well that can be used to justify, we will never make the world a better place. We'll bring back slavery, colonization and big countries eating up smaller ones - Hitler did it, Stalin did it, the US has done it. Enough is enough.

The USSR 'encouraged' Russians to immigrate to Ukraine during Soviet times. Let's say they 'encouraged' Tartars and other residents in Crimea to emigrate from Crimea. And, of course, there is an extremely important Russian military base in Crimea. Most of us can figure out that Russia did what many other countries have done in the past.

Liberals should condemn past and present abuses. Conservatives can go with the "might makes right" and "my country is always right" mottos.