Comment by jessaustin
4 years ago
...a Western-friendly replacement is installed in Russia...
Some have forgotten that Putin was originally declared "a Western-friendly replacement". The world would have been a more peaceful place if we hadn't interfered in Russian politics to support Yeltsin and his chosen successor. Russia isn't the only nation in which our choice (??) of leader has led to "blowback", both for the victim nation and for most Americans. We should stop doing this.
This is an accurate and very reasonable comment, it has been downvoted by people who do not know some very basic facts about post-USSR era Russia
Yeltsin was quite different from the successor in question. He "gave up" his "family" ruling in exchange for security guarantees.
USA probably should've chosen a stronger leader to support, but there wasn't much choice at that time. Or at least they should've helped to organize the transition of power to someone with a more credible past than that of a KGB officer.