Emotionally it makes perfect sense, and it's great for propaganda purposes, but rationally it has no appeal. How does making Russia into an enemy that needs to

Emotionally it makes perfect sense, and it's great for propaganda purposes, but rationally it has no appeal. How does making Russia into an enemy that needs to be obliterated and destroyed for the safety of the world help anybody or serve to end the conflict? If you say they are evil and don't want to destroy them totally, what is the point of labeling other than for propaganda?