> Do you not realise the US is the only reason Europe doesn't enjoy friendly relations with Russia
Is because Russia does not have friends. If you think buying his hydrocarbons and shutting up about him being fascist would make you Putin's friend - you've got some bad news coming. Putin doesn't want friends. He wants power. If he can use some useful idiots from the West (like certain German politicians) to gain more power - he will use them. The rest of the Germans are paying for it now.
> might j-u-s-t p-o-s-s-i-b-l-y be because it's actually you who are the 'Baddies'
We considered the possibility, and it's not true. Putin attacked Georgia in 2008, Putin attacked Ukraine in 2014, Putin is attacking Ukraine right now. It's that simple. There are evil people around, and sometimes evil people capture power in some countries. It happened in Germany. It happened in (half of) Korea. It happened in Iran. Now it happened in Russia.
> not [at one time or another] everyone else on the fucking planet!
Everyone else on the fucking planet did not invade Ukraine. Putin did.
Is because Russia does not have friends. If you think buying his hydrocarbons and shutting up about him being fascist would make you Putin's friend - you've got some bad news coming. Putin doesn't want friends. He wants power. If he can use some useful idiots from the West (like certain German politicians) to gain more power - he will use them. The rest of the Germans are paying for it now.
> might j-u-s-t p-o-s-s-i-b-l-y be because it's actually you who are the 'Baddies'
We considered the possibility, and it's not true. Putin attacked Georgia in 2008, Putin attacked Ukraine in 2014, Putin is attacking Ukraine right now. It's that simple. There are evil people around, and sometimes evil people capture power in some countries. It happened in Germany. It happened in (half of) Korea. It happened in Iran. Now it happened in Russia.
> not [at one time or another] everyone else on the fucking planet!
Everyone else on the fucking planet did not invade Ukraine. Putin did.