No, you seem to be stuck in a Chinese Finger Trap. Somehow, in your mind, condemning Putin would be a win for liberals here on the message board, and you can’t allow that to happen. Yet, to NOT condemn Putin clearly puts you in a camp that tacitly supports him.
You think you can get out of it by claiming you have zero opinion on it, and therefore the question is moot, but that just makes it worse. Having zero opinion on a man butchering Ukrainians just makes the bind stronger.
It very much reminds me of the exchange we had on the topic of Russians murdering civilians in a shelter and an apartment complex.
You not only claimed it wasn’t a war crime to knowingly target civilians, and that US armed forces do much the same, but you went so far as to claim you would commit that same war crime if so ordered when you were in the service.
IMO you did this because you couldn’t stand to agree with perceived ‘liberal’ posters even on something as basic as, targeting civilians is a war crime. That is the only explanation that is plausible IMO.
Do you think agreeing with Putin - a urderer and a liar - over your own intel, and bragging about sharing love letters with a murderous dictator is an appropriate way to build bridges?
And yeah, I do think that’s what trump thought he was doing, but it’s a totally bizarre and weird way to do it…I just can’t imagine anyone else in the world thinking it’s the right way to do it…and now, his followers have to nod and say, yeah, yeah, no, that’s totally normal.
I don’t disagree with china being a serious problem, but it’s a totally different kind.
It’s like saying, we shouldn’t be worried about Putin because we have toxic waste sites to deal with. They are just totally different.
And in fact, the China problem is multifaceted and not nearly as cut and dry. Putin does nothing for us. Nothing. China has in fact helped our economy become the envy of the world.
