Russia and Ukraine

[The Grand Nudger]

But all of this had a purpose. They stood (or they thought they stood) for greater equality between social classes and all of this was done to maintain what was supposed to be the best form of social organization that is possible to implement in this world.

Or maybe you just thought that they stood for something, because you're a susceptible mark to the sort of con they were running.  I've been confronted with that possibility on a near daily basis for some time now here in the us.  

… And Russia was and still is perceived as a friendly country here. But those airplanes entered our airplanes without any warning or permission of any kind. So we have the right to take them down whenever they do that. It’s as simple as that.

ah, but when ukraine does it, it's a dangerous escalation.  It's an impediment to peace™.  Damned ukranians and their voluntary aggression against hapless invaders just going about their day to day business of looting plumbing solutions and insulated windows for the poor downtrodden folks back home. Why, they can't even take a break to drink some of the vodka left in the storefronts they've cratered because those hohol monsters have poisoned the fucking supply.