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In reply to the discussion: Report: CIA and FBI Helping Ukranian Government Quell Rebellion In East [View all]newthinking
(3,982 posts)Most of what is being posted just makes sense to get posted.
The entrenched view of events is already well known and available. What looks to some like "pro-Russia" is simply people providing the other "conveniently overlooked" facts, views, culture, history.
That might make it look to someone who is entrenched in a single viewpoint like those people are all pro-Russia, when it is really an exercise in investigating to find the true course of events, intellectual honesty, and engaging empathy (something we seem to have a lot of trouble with).
I don't think Putin is "the good guy" (though I do think his reactions have some basis in culture and history that our narrative tends to prefer to not engage in), but why would I need to point that out when that is expressed everywhere including here and really doesn't need to be covered?