Happened to me today. I was going back and forth about certain topics with a friend of mine that is total MAGA. We exchanged a bunch of messages and I conceded a point......maybe you guys will see a different perspective like I did. The United States screwed up in the past. Take the current mess out of it for a minute.....
After the fall of the Soviet Union, America had decent relations with Russia. They were struggling as a democratic nation and we didn't do much to help. Putin comes in, 9/11 happens (to us) and Russia is on our side. Russia is not the threat it was during the Cold War, yet several Presidents expand NATO. George W put the nail in the coffin in 2004 bringing in 7 or 8 nations right on Russia's borders. That's when Russia turned sour again. That's when they became the enemy again. Why did we expand into their "comfort zone"? We held the economic and military advantage at the time, so we could do it. But why do it? Why threaten Russia when they were not the same type of threat like during the Cold War? So as an independent thinker, it makes you wonder if WE didn't help create what is happening now. I can assure you the United States would not allow Mexico or Canada to form an alliance with Russia. If you look at the whole thing through that lens, it makes you think. While I do not condone Russia's actions and they are the clear aggressors in this conflict, you wonder if things could have been different if WE handled things differently.
It's always good to keep and open mind. Looking at things from another perspective is also good practice. Things are rarely black and white. Just shades of grey.