So what's with you and Russia?

I don't think it is all that unusual for a government to arrest those who support a country that is invading their own country. It's a war. People who support and/or conspire with the enemy get arrested.

@barjoe Nothing, I just prefer real history and facts to Cold War twaddle. I think we should be trying to end the war, not prolong it. Pro peace, something the Dems aren't even pretending to be anymore.

@barjoe, @snytiger6 wanting your government to negotiate an end to an insane war isn't supporting Russia.

@Druvius I don't know what good it would do to negotiate with Vladimir Putin. You either give him everything he wants or negotiations end. Show once Putin made concessions. Aside from the fact Vladimir Putin is a murderous despot. Would you have negotiated with Adolf Hitler circa 1940? Stalin and Churchill tried it. How did that work out?

@Druvius The democrats are no so much pro-peace as they are pro human rights. Yes, democrats want peace, but not at the expense of human rights and looking the other way for war crimes.

If you look back to WWII, there were many who didn't want to get involved. We did support the Allies though through Lend Lease and in the Pacific through trade policies. Much like we are helping to supply Ukraine today, the policies are not really all that different.

As for attitudes, republicans then, as they do now, didn't/don't think authoritarian nations who invade should have to face any consequences for their actions and would rather such actions go entirely unchecked. Democrats think we should discourage and when possible check authoritarian aggression.

Peace would be wonderful, but what kind of world would we be living in if authoritarianism was allowed to grow unchecked and spread around the world? I don't want to find out.