Quote (ferdia @ 28 Feb 2023 18:53)
ye but I also gave a plausible rationale for the US blowing it up, which you did see.
anyway, it is what it is.
its hard for the general public to open their minds to change their minds, because it requires effort to find a view not being generally publicized on TV in the country they reside in. alot of people believe in their government unquestioningly and just accept whatever narrative they are fed, and if they are not told something well thats ok too.
From a western standpoint, russia has invaded ukraine, unprovoked, for imperialist reasons, russia wants to take over eastern europe. The flaw with this logic is that there is no evidence to support this (i mean why not invade 20 years ago, why in 2014, why now, what was the trigger event?) but rather there is ample evidence to support that russia told the west 20 years ago not to touch ukraine. well we did and here we are now. The took crimea to retain their naval base and they invaded ukraine to protect their security concerns. you dont have to agree with their actions, you just need to understand them.
And from the Russian standpoint, more often than not, the political Elites and nationalists, NATO's supposed Eastward expansion threaten their existence and national security.