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In reply to the discussion: Obama warns Russia 'there will be costs' for any military intervention in Ukraine [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)sovereign nations that Russia has decided to not recognize are not part of Russia...and killed thousands in the name of "putting down revolt."
Oh wait, that's because it's a near-constant occurrence for the past decade. And in the 1980s. And in the 1960s. And in the immediately post-WWII-era.
Anyone conflating Russian adventurism with US adventurism has a poor understanding of exactly how much "adventuring" Russia really does (especially compared to the US) and the degree to which they care even less about the well-being of the peoples whose homelands they're invading than the US does. (Arming and financing paramilitaries to target civilians to use as a context for interventionism? The Soviets invented that shit and it remains the first page of the Putin foreign policy playbook.)
You don't know because you don't care because it does not fit your agenda.