> However, the difference being that there was a 2014 revolution in Ukraine, and Ukraine did subsequently become aligned with the US, and the US is extremely ag

> However, the difference being that there was a 2014 revolution in Ukraine, and Ukraine did subsequently become aligned with the US, and the US is extremely aggressive toward its enemies and has been inciting anti-Russia hatred for many years. The reason for the rise of anti-Russian hatred since 2014 is the invasion Russia launched, and the murdering, looting and raping that Russians brought with them. The US hasn't been inciting shit; it has been a major moderating power hoping to calm down the situation to maintain stability. This is particularly clear after the full-scale invasion in 2022. Ukraine started getting significant military aid only after news channels across the world began showing uncovered mass graves all day long and withholding ai became untenable. And to this day, the military aid remains modest compared to actual needs, out of fear that Russia could break apart if the war escalated. Ukraine is still not allowed to use foreign weapons against targets in Russia, while Russia performs daily drone and missile attacks all over Ukraine. The US has always preferred Russia as a normal, developed and stable country that they could do business with, often at the expense of the freedom and security of millions of Europeans. For example, I am old enough to remember how Bush senior[1] told us not to rock the boat when we were weeks away from declaring independence during the fall of the USSR, because the US preferred to work with the singular USSR as they always had instead of having to deal with a patchwork of newly independent countries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Kiev_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Kiev_speech