02-24-2022, 06:18 PM
(02-24-2022, 06:02 PM)Nately120 Wrote: More cynical than negative. Putin doesn't seem keen on being reasoned with, but I'm more interested in how our own populace handles a conflict where the enemy has so much bad boy appeal and isn't brown enough to make people concerned.
That was way before Putin came into the picture, hence the missed opportunity. More than anything Russia wants to be respected and treated as an equal. Literally everything Putin does makes sense when viewed through that lens.