HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING AT THINGS THE WRONG WAY? HE'S NO HERO. BUT HE'S NOT A "MADMAN" OR HITLER. WAR IS HELL. FOR ALL HIS FAULTS, HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS PEOPLE.
AGAINST AN EMPIRE THAT WANTS TO BRING ALL ITS WONDERFUL VALUES (AND "DEMOCRACY", TOO) TO HIS ALREADY TROUBLED COUNTRY. MERKEL ADMITTED THE MINSK ACCORDS WERE A TRICK TO BUY TIME FOR WAR. LET'S JUST REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THIS. LET THE EUROPEANS HANDLE IT.
