The thought-control posse loves to attack thinking, yet their idea of thinking is verbatim retorting information fed to them. They don't take a moment to consider how the unprepared 18-60-year-old Ukrainian civilians drafted to shoot or be shot feel. Indeed, patriotism trumps survival.

The imperialist nations shat their pants when peasants overthrew the wealthy minority in 1917 and aided rich Russians during the revolution because working-class movements threatened their profits.

Soviet citizens and soldiers died in droves fighting the fascists throughout Europe and Asia, yet after the war, their allies decided they were the next enemy. Unfortunately, the Cold War, NATO, and tensions didn't die with the USSR.

US/Western economists assisted with "liberating" the Russian economy, the country endured mass suffering (suicide, alcoholism, etc.), yet NATO continued expanding further, isolating the nation.

We've been defeating and threatening Russia for decades, and they didn't work, but hey, let's keep doing what we're doing to see if we get a different result.