No it is not 'beside the point'.Your argument is beside the point. And whether I say “yes” or “no” is not a basis for your stupid & false claim about me.
For the sake of discussion only, let’s pretend that there is some actual equivalence there. In fact, just for the sake of the discussion, let’s say that we had no business going into Iraq. Even if that’s true, and we were in the wrong, that doesn’t make what Putin is doing ok.
We can’t undo the past. But one time period we do have some control over is the present.
You know, purely as an aside (or is it?), a pretty good argument could be made that had we elected to act sooner — when Hitler started invading other sovereign lands — maybe much of the horror of WWII could have been avoided.
Preventing shithead Putin’s aggression from being “rewarded” could be very much our business.
You are condemning Russia for invading Ukraine.
Did you condemn America for invading Iraq and Afghanistan?
YES OR NO?
(I did condemn America for both invasions, btw. )
It is a simple question that goes towards your credibility on matters of war.