Tut tut! You're conflating, Russian bear.

@Flyingsaucesir until you acknowledge the fact that they are linked.

@FrayedBear It's really too late to play that card, because Putin already revealed his reason for invading Ukraine, i.e. to reestablish the Russian empire. And Putin justified his actions by denying the existence of a Ukrainian identity, state, or culture. And Russia's overt actions to erase the Ukrainian state and Ukrainian culture constitute genocide. So no surprise that Europe and the USA are helping a European country fend off an illegal invasion by a rogue state. If Putin's Russia doesn't like what's happening in Ukraine, they should get the f**k out.

@Flyingsaucesir so when you hear your sister\ mother\ other female relative being subjected to disrespect & violence you just walk away?

Putin said he wanted to expand Russia 20 years ago when US governments started plotting to provoke Russia into defending Russian speakers in Ukraine?

Please stop being childish.

@FrayedBear You are trying to defend the indefensible. Even if what you claim were true (there is no evidence that it is) Russia had no right to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation.

@Flyingsaucesir now you project to protect your fragile brain & ego.

@FrayedBear Better try to sell your psychobabble somewhere else. No one here is buying it.

@Flyingsaucesir do I care?

@FrayedBear

Opportunity to change many minds from fascistic to democratic?

@Flyingsaucesir Changing the minds of people whose minds can be changed. Ignoring the others.

Like Putin's "Ukranian Nazis" lie and his "limited military operation" that seems to require massive military resources.

@Petter Limited to less than nucular/nuclear. [grin]

@Petter He didn't invade Ukraine with anywhere near enough troops to conquer it, he's already withdrawn from the large swaths he occupied north of Kyiv, and would be crazy to try and occupy Ukraine. And even if you want to call it propaganda, it's just run of the mill propaganda like that that flows out of Washington in torrents. "Stop the Steal" and "The Stab in the Back" myths are in a much higher league. The only similar one I can recall off hand is Israel's "The Arab governments told the Palestinians to flee" lie.

@yvilletom We hope.