We're "liberating", or "protecting democracy" when the US and/or our allies invade sovereign territory. If you do precisely the same thing without a permission slip from the State Department, then you're evil. This distinction is important to understand.

It's not appeasement. It's seeking peace and avoiding nuclear war. That is bigger than any one person.

Why are people getting so confused about this?

> That is bigger than any one person.

Bigger than a nation? Ukrainian sovereignty was previous guaranteed and is now being trod upon by Russia. Saying "OK, you can take over whatever you want, just please don't use a nuclear weapon" is very much an act of appeasement towards a nation that is making it clear can't be held to its word.

Incorrect conspiracy theory, sorry to tell you. (Or just trolling?) We're real people who don't listen to Putin's propaganda. The good news is that more and more Russian citizens are starting to oppose him too.

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