I'd agree with you if I hadn't read this entire, tedious thread before posting...but I did.

Sometimes bad hockey referees watch the entire fight, and still whistle up the wrong player. It kinda feels like that's what you're doing in regard to Ukraine.

No.
And...sigh.

It's amazing how many posts you can make in a thread and people still don't understand. Here, let's break this down in bullet points:

1. Putin is a bad guy
2. Russians have, from a national standpoint, a broken culture. Early western diplomats who visited Moscow reported back they noted that it was like a bunch of Genghis Khan types dressed up in Viennese frippery. Theft, brutalism and a low regard for life are how they roll.

3. The Ukraine is a small country. Limited resources.

Putin doesn't care how many bodies he throws into the fire (see #2) and he has more of them than Zelensky (see #3).

4. The average everyday Ukrainian is experiencing this war at home up close and personal. The average Russkie isn't.

5. The front line situation is slow moving with the Russians making slow gains.

6. The Ukrainians lack the dudes, the guns and the money to throw Putin out.


#6 is the point that seems to not be registering among the board's lefties.

With me so far?