If you believe that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked, you will likely compare Putin to Hitler and will likely oppose President Trump’s peace negotiations with Russia. After all, if Putin’s invasion was unprovoked, a settlement would reward naked aggression and would be akin to Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 appeasement…
That is also an issue and has to be addressed. Neonazis and rapists everywhere have to be imprisoned. But the invasion of russia is the wrong way to address this. A democracy and a fair and non corrupt judicial system are the way to go.
Thats an argument in favor of defense.
A democracy and a fair judicial system is what the Donetsk and Lugansk republics want, which is why they seceded after the Nazi coup. The way to achieve that (after international organs failed to enforce a ceasefire) was through Russian support, and it’s their right to ask for it and good on Russia for supporting them knowing sanctions and war would come to them for aiding them with more than empty rhetoric.
The Palestinian people probably wish they had a neighbor like Russia who’s prepared to engage militarily when it becomes clear that imperialists only fear the violence they so eagerly inflict on the rest of us.
If you think Russia’s intervention doesn’t mean defense, ask yourself why the Ukrainian military was met with popular resistance while the Russian military was eagerly celebrated in Donbas.