Cold War warrior2 wrote:
Sad to say. Most on this site and too many U.S. citizens believe the primary goal of U.S. government is democracy. There are citizens in Africa who believe in socialism. There are citizens in Africa who wish to practice Islam in the manner in which they chose to practice Islam. There are citizens in Africa who believe they can negotiate better deals with China. There are citizens in Africa whom are not pro-Israel. There are citizens in Africa who reject the U.S. plan of three U.S. military bases per nation. There are citizens in Africa who do not believe in open door policy for F.B.I. on their soil. There are citizens in Africa who do not believe in open door policy for U.S. big business on their soil. Sad to say, when I worked for U.S. war machine as a young man, I thought U.S. was pro-democracy. Maybe U.S. used to lean more towards a pro-democracy nation. I was there in uniform when H.W. Bush & Gorbachev made the peace to end Cold War. Most of the idiot posters on this thread want to return to the days of high intensity Cold War.
Russia invaded a sovereign country to start this war. Prior to invading, they said the US was lying about Russia's intent to invade Ukraine. Russia has lied every step of the way.
All of your lies and non sequiturs can't erase that history. Russia is the actor that caused all of this violence and death, everyone else is simply reacting to Russia's sociopathy.