Why is Russia's invasion all the Fault of the U.S.?

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28. Unfortunately, the situational similarity is real.

I do cringe a bit at the accusations being hurled at Putin at times. Replace the names with "Bush/Cheney" and "Iraq" and it hits close to home. The US will have to live down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for a long, long time. That's in spite of the fact that many here did not want those wars and vigorously protested them, just as the people of Russia, for the most part, seem to feel and protest the same way about this one.

However - in no way does this absolve Putin. Just because the US jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge doesn't mean any other country has to. Putin pointing to another country and saying, "they did it first!" or "they made me do it!" is like the whining of a small child with no sense of personal or moral responsibility.

Putin will not find the cover he's looking for in that argument.