I agree with everything you said except for one thing...... Ukraine may be corrupt. They may be more or less corrupt than we are. Don't know, don't care.
After what the Russians put them through with the Holodomor, et al, Ukraine has the right to kill every goddamn one of them AFAIC. Not only do I back them, but if I were young enough, I'd be there alongside them.
And -- It is interesting to note that Ukraine lived under communism for over 70 years and --
They would rather die than go back to it.
Yeah, I know the USSR was dissolved but Putin was a Colonel in the USSR's KGB. You don't rise to the rank of Colonel in the KGB without being a totally dedicated communist. No matter what else Putin is, he is a communist first.
A Marxist communist? Of course not. None of them have ever been textbook Marxist communists. They're just - Well, they're just like dimocrap scum. Say anything, do anything, tell any lie, murder any person, destroy any group, steal any vote to stay in power.
Power is all they care about