Since I can get by in German, it will be nice to have a driver with whom I can communicate - as opposed to a lot of the others.
You gave me the open...So just how should the West have been "considerate" of Russian interests? Specifics?
As far as your last sentence, would not the same apply to your post?
Then there is this, from folks who actually KNOW something:
Beyond Propaganda and Brainwash: The True Causes of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict - LewRockwell
The brutal and escalating war in Ukraine undoubtedly represents the most dangerous security situation for the world since the end of WWII. The narrative that is being relentlessly pounded into our minds by the Western globalist establishment goes like this: The mad Russian leader Vladimir Putin...www.lewrockwell.com
so much irony