Russia and Ukraine

[Mister Agenda]

So, the U.S. is authoritarian because it supports someone's fight against authoritarianism?

I guess I'm an uber-authoritarian, then, because I believe dictatorship should be made illegal internationally.  Any leadership which drops below a certain level of democracy and openness should be immediately sanctioned.

Before the war started, it was universally acknowledged that Ukraine was one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. It has banned at least 10 opposition parties from standing in elections and made large parts of its population into second class citizens. 

By your standards, the US should sanction it and refuse to provide any economic or military aid.

The US is not authoritarian because it supports someone else's fight against authoritarianism. If it is doing that somewhere, that's good.

That is correct. It was ranked the second most corrupt country in Europe, after the Russian Federation.