No, this isn’t all about an evil dictator named Putin being reckless. He’s a horrible person but he’s not a movie villain that’s being evil to move the plot for

No, this isn’t all about an evil dictator named Putin being reckless. He’s a horrible person but he’s not a movie villain that’s being evil to move the plot forward. This is the same sort of cartoonish understanding that existed after 9/11 that lead to millions of people believing that the Middle East hated us for our freedoms instead of hating us for occupying their countries and for historical wars. Much like Bin Laden and al Zawahiri told us their motivations and nobody listened for ten years, the Kremlin told us their motivations for this and nobody is listening: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828 Reaching for a simple explanation precludes real conversation about why this is happening.