Oddbean

Well said. I will not morally defend the actions of Putin or the Russian army- but I also can’t morally defend Nato/CIA involvement in the 2014 Ukraine coup, or the actions of the Ukraine government against the eastern regions after that. Similar to the NATO bombings of Belgrade Serbia, after the Croatians got assurances/support from US/Nato and ended that part of the Yugoslav war- NATO took it too far with their response to the war in Bosnia. We have a path forward for peace: trade and business relations reopen with a globally independent and decentralized monetary unit. As long as one countries fiat is enforced as a unit of trade, there will be constant conflict and often war.