LOL. You don't need no stinkin' facts. Putin invaded Ukraine and took over part of the country--Crimea. He is approaching Cold War numbers when it comes to sending military planes to the edges of our airspace. About a month ago, he buzzed the our carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, less than a nautical mile away at 500 feet while the US was conduction joint naval operations with South Korea. Putin is siding with Iran in Syria.
Again you show your cluelessness. Article 5 of the NATO treaty is a mutual defense agreement when a member state is "attacked." Turkey was not attacked by any definition of the word. Armed aggression was not perpetrated on Turkey; no property was destroyed, no lives taken, no extortion against Turkey committed. Turkey in this instance was the attacker, shooting down a Russian aircraft. Pentagon backs Turkey’s version of events, blames ‘incursion’ of Russian jet
Calling Putin a thug does nothing to attack the validity of his goals vs our goals.
There is no moral equivalency between Putin and the US. Putin's goals are to keep Assad in power and restore Russia to the power and influence of the former Soviet Union. He is an ex-KGB agent who has ruled Russia for almost 15 years. Why anyone who is a Freeper supports this thug is a mystery to me. You must really hate this country.
And the US goals? Let us assume that our position is to establish freedom and democracy in Syria, and let us assume that that is a "moral" goal? How is that working out for us in Iraq? Well it isn't, actually, and how many people should die so that we can impose your moral view on the world?