Is that true? Does it matter how a dog got rabbies? Or how a wife beater became a wife beater? When someone has reduced the calculus to do what one is told or die how can we walk that back?

Putin has made it very clear why he feels he must invade Ukraine. Like you, I believe it should be carefully considered. But at this point?

Or, do you believe that if the U.S. and Europe agreed to every single one of Putin's demands he would leave Ukraine?

People are frustrated. That's why they call you pro-Putin. I have been called the same. I wish I could answer them with a way out of the war through understanding and dialogue. I just don't see any way. Do you? And if not, does it matter what came before?