> Now, why don't people use the same analogy for Russia starting that war?
Because a war of invasion and annexation is something we've learned since WW2 that won't ever be tolerated in Europe again, history has shown why.
> Let's take a step back and ask a basic question - who escalated this all?
Pretty easy: Putin and Russia. First 2008, then 2014 and a full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia chose to invade a neighbouring country in 2008 (Georgia, hope you remember it), Russia decided to escalate that and annex Crimea in 2014. Russia shadow-invaded Ukraine in 2014 (or have you forgotten all the military personnel wearing Russian gear that went "on vacation" to Donbass and Crimea?). Russia downed a civilian airplane in 2014.
Or isn't any of that escalation?
> Who benefits from this war?
Very good question, if the war ended in 3 days as it was Putin's fantasy who would have benefited from this war?
As it didn't end in 3 days, no one is really benefiting from this except the military industry in multiple countries, mostly in Europe, which didn't have to arm themselves for decades of relative peace.
> Who pours money there?
All the Western countries are pouring money in there, to fend off an invasion, to keep the sovereignty of a state, a thing that wasn't really required to be taken care of since the end of WW2.
> Why is nobody asking these questions?
Because they are fucking dumb questions posed by Russian propaganda, that's why.
Because a war of invasion and annexation is something we've learned since WW2 that won't ever be tolerated in Europe again, history has shown why.
> Let's take a step back and ask a basic question - who escalated this all?
Pretty easy: Putin and Russia. First 2008, then 2014 and a full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia chose to invade a neighbouring country in 2008 (Georgia, hope you remember it), Russia decided to escalate that and annex Crimea in 2014. Russia shadow-invaded Ukraine in 2014 (or have you forgotten all the military personnel wearing Russian gear that went "on vacation" to Donbass and Crimea?). Russia downed a civilian airplane in 2014.
Or isn't any of that escalation?
> Who benefits from this war?
Very good question, if the war ended in 3 days as it was Putin's fantasy who would have benefited from this war?
As it didn't end in 3 days, no one is really benefiting from this except the military industry in multiple countries, mostly in Europe, which didn't have to arm themselves for decades of relative peace.
> Who pours money there?
All the Western countries are pouring money in there, to fend off an invasion, to keep the sovereignty of a state, a thing that wasn't really required to be taken care of since the end of WW2.
> Why is nobody asking these questions?
Because they are fucking dumb questions posed by Russian propaganda, that's why.