Compare the two country's approaches.
The USA blocked Iraq for years, literally starving the population, then after 9/11 it waged all out war with minimal regard for the civilian population. The generally accepted civilian body count is around 200,000. Some people think it's much higher. The "shock and awe" campaign obliterated civilian infrastructure and killed people indiscriminately.
Russia has killed civilians in its invasion, but is obviously using more care and caution. It's still not good, but the US is worse.
There was no condemnation in the media about the war in Iraq that was based on outright lies and basically just benefited defense contractors and maybe Israel. Iraq posed no threat at all to the American people. The war ended up as a total clusterfuck and waste. People knew it was going to turn out that way from day one--but Joe Biden didn't... neither did Hillary Clinton, by the way.
It's a mistake to think Putin is a great dude, or that the Russian national government is "good and just". It's also a mistake to believe "the west" are the good guys in the current conflict. They're all bad. The west is even worse, though.
It's really unfortunate the peoples of the world can't just shove their governments out of the way and get on with life.
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