Actually I agree with your calling this author out on his anti-Russian bigotry and also on your views of the utterly vile invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan by the Bush regime. But this stain on our nation does NOTHING to excuse or rationalize Putin’s brutal unprovoked invasion on its southern neighbor! I oppose all war, but especially unprovoked invasions of other nations in total violation of the UN charter, whether by Bush, Putin, or anyone else. Else why have a UN at all? Why not let bloodthirsty tyrants invade and massacre whomever they like? Without a rule-based international order, that is what we get!