Yes, and we do. People absolutely blame Western populations for the governments they choose to elect, and act accordingly. How is this surprising? Should every

Yes, and we do. People absolutely blame Western populations for the governments they choose to elect, and act accordingly. How is this surprising? Should every American be held responsible for all the US war crimes and bombings This is a straw man. Nobody said every single Russian, or American, or Brit should be held solely and individually responsible, but that the population collectively should be.