Respect the Delusions!

I'm tired of people making excuses for Russia's brutal war of aggression.

Of course America should pursue its interests in Ukraine. But this formulation for judging objectives favors Russia, no? 

What is Putin aiming at and, maybe more importantly, what does Putin think NATO and the West are aiming at?

When weighing those two views, what Russia wants can be based on their statements and actions about needing buffers and restoring their imperial holdings in the west. Which we know has no geographic limits. 

But on the other side, we have to weigh Putin's paranoid delusions about what NATO/Western ambitions are? Really? 

Russia has been NATO's best recruiter. Yet while NATO is alarmed and rearming, it is still for the purpose of stopping Putin's aggression--not marching on Moscow.

Seriously, we should only want to "understand" our enemy enough to defeat them--not to make excuses for accepting their aggression.

Yet another variation of the "Let the Wookie win" strategy.

NOTE: TDR Winter War of 2022 coverage continues here.