I think Ro is influenced to some degree by his Ukrainian girlfriend
which is understandable -
I get it, I have actual Ukrainian friends, some of my favorite people on this Earth.
Their blockhead stupidty on this topic was obvious to me 10 years ago.
I saw the stupid in both directions, Ukies thinking Putin was a harmless good guy, and inversely Ukies who had a visceral obvious hatred to anything Russian despite they themselves being fluent in Russian language and culture.
Now all of sudden the Ukie nationalist who hated their Russian speaking countrymen are suppose to get a free pass?
I have nothing but love for my squared headed friends. But god dam is that stuff insufferable.
You see the same crap with French Canadians/in my family. Everything is a tin foil hat'd conspiracy against their culture. They'll hate on Anglo Canadians threaten to leave Canada 15 times before diner. Then they'll turn around and point fingers at Anglo Canadians for not allying up against America "our common cultural enemy".
People are dying in huge volumes for absolutely no reason, beyond just stupid pointless nationalism and this delusional hope that the Eurozone is gonna rush in and save them. It's a crazy convoluted mindset. The EU is gonna instigate some post war martial plan, the martial plan only happened because we feared the Russians. If the Russians lose there's logically no reason for a marshall plan.