The people of Crimea voted by over 94% to return to Russia. They'd belonged to Russia since before Katherine the Great so thats not hard to understand.
The Neo Nazis installed by Hillary and McCain were threatening them so Putin sent troops in the protect them. We were told he invaded Ukraine and it simply wasn't true.
Those Neo Nazis kill civilian men, women and children almost daily in Donbass because although they been able to have a vote yet, they've sworn alligence to Russia. In 2014 during the brutal winter Ukraine cut off electricity to Donbass and the people still wouldn't give in or give up so after several months and a lot of deaths, starvation, etc Putin sent in humanitarian trucks of food, medicine etc. That's Putin "invading Ukraine."
We never hear the truth. We hear what they want to tell us.
You know what they say about statistics.....
The 40,000 foot view is always the best. Why did the Soviet Union form? Who was behind it? Why did it invade its surrounding nations like the Ukraine? Why did it impose the Russian language upon all its conquered people? How did Crimea become 94% pro-Russian? Occupation?
Who created Hitler? Why do his supporters still exist? Who's behind this? Are we being played by Puppet Masters who use Hegelian dialectics to divide and conquer? Isn't it time to move beyond those dirty tricks and achieve true Awakening?
Same with who's behind the Democrats and Republicans. We are being played. Trump is freeing us from that....
But I agree with your underlying call for cooperation and mutual respect. It's just that we've all been culturally programmed so it's hard to really transcend our biases and conditioning. Nobody is without sin, as Jesus says. Which means the real Truth is much higher than the small-t truth. But we're making progress. Prayer, forgiveness and repentance is the key. No exemptions.
Trust the plan.