I support the recognition and enforcement of single, open standards, instead of ignoring the invasive policies of countries from NATO and the EU - often involving sovereign nations literally an ocean apart - only to clutch pearls in indignation when Russia acts to prevent a neighboring country from providing military bases and missile installations to its strategic enemies.

And before anyone cries the favorite liberal buzzword of "whataboutism" - no, it's not whataboutism for others to hold you to the same standard you wish to judge them by and enforce on them. It's not whataboutism to point out every pathetic excuse the US had for artificially fueling civil conflicts in the Balkans, or invading the Middle East under false pretenses. It's not whataboutism to point out that the EU supported those acts, both politically and militarily, so they have no leg to stand on now.

Safe to say, it's not the Russians who invented the game of "send troops abroad and pretend you're a hero for it". They're just the ones playing the current round better than anyone else. And the fact that the current crop of wailing moralists ignore all the previous rounds - that most of them are still old enough to remember - shows exactly what their morals consist of, and what they really support - their own agendas, and their own reputation for speaking out only when it's popular to do so.