Meh… no one cared about the 14k civilians killed by the a$$holes and fascist we armed and trained in western Ukraine. A million displaced eastern Ukranians since the civil war broke out precipitated by the US coup. A$$holes that bombed civilians for eight years and got surprisingly little attention.

Realist, as I understand them, try to avoid conflicts by recognizing the interests of peer competitors and negotiation around differences. Oddly, arming fascists to overthrow a government on the border of Russia seems to be just hunky dory in some camps. Russia’s eventual provoked reaction not so much.

And yet if the shoe were on the other foot and it was happening on our border….