in all fairness, there are SOME parallels between the invasion of Ukraine and the invasion of Iraq by the Americans. very few countries supported the Americans in that. the difference is that hardly anyone liked Saddam very much. Ukraine? all right, typical East Bloc corruption kind of thing, but not as brutal as Saddam. so while not officially endorsed, there was at least a *bit* of a justification there. not that it went so well. America created ISIS through that war.