I never said or implied they're martyrs. Martyrs don't exist in my book. They just dead for no good reason, to me. But others do have reasons. How can anyone explain those reasons without seeming callous? Putin isn't thinking about people. He's thinking geopolitics and national pride, etc. etc.

I don't have a business idealogy. I am trying to describe. I didn't make the world. I'm no hero. Sorry you had this reaction to my story.