You are not comprehending what I said, you are injecting a spin on what I said. I only said that the Russians/Putin are our adversaries and when they do what they do that is basically what adversaries do, and that we often do the same things. So when we use a drone to kill some Islamic fundamentalist leader (our adversary) we may have a moral reason to do so..... by OUR view. But to that adversary and their believers they may have a different opinion. Russia is therefore no different in having their view. Why is that so hard for you to understand? I didn't say we are always wrong, but that isn't universally agreed with across the globe. When the Imperial Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor they believed they were right to do so. And the believed that due to a century of European colonialism in Asia including the more recent forays in American colonialism in places like the Philippines. So to the Japanese their action was in anticipation of being colonized eventually by the Americans as the U.S. became more powerful. At least that was the way they saw it and believed it.
I'm not saying the Japanese were right, or the Russians are right now. But they believe(d) they are/were, and they will have their reasons why. I said, it is "how the game is played".
Yeah, Stalin was our "formal ally" a man who killed 20 million innocent people during his time in power. If in your mind wrong is always wrong, what about us being an ally with a mass murderer was right? We were just joining with one mass murderer to stop another one.
So again, school us on how you are always 100% certain exactly where the line is between right and wrong?
Do you really think I don't know this already? Difference between you and me is that I am looking at things at levels much deeper than just the surface.
You are just talking nonsense--- probably just to troll. I never said I was in "in love" with Putin, I only said that I accept he is doing what he thinks is best for his nation is all. Big difference. Putin and the Russians are our adversaries, but I don't have some irrational fear of Russians. For one they are always pretty pragmatic people from their own set of circumstances and values even as those are vastly different than our values. What that means is you can always trust a sneaky Russian to be a sneaky Russian----so you always know what to expect. There is then a sense of understanding and a point to negotiate from--- hopefully from strength. Not by pandering or some silly toy "reset button" like Hillary Clinton did and looked like a fool. Russian are really much easier to deal with than say the Chinese. Russia doesn't have global domination goals, theirs are mostly regional, and mainly related to energy/oil/gas. Should be easy then deal with them.
I don't love Putin, but in a sense I do respect him for him doing his job FOR HIS PEOPLE much the same way I can look back and respect someone like Geronimo for how he led his people to war against MY people too. Just because Putin is wiling to lead his country is no reason to discount him; better approach would be to find where we can agree and in doing so avoid confrontation. But in your mind he is somehow worse than Stalin I suppose, which isn't even close.