The Left Supports Putin?

This article confused - and actually angered me a little this morning.

There is no justifying Putin right now.

If you hear the random liberal or crazy leftie try to justify Putin's actions in Ukraine, you have my permission to ignore them because they are idiots.  Don't argue with them - if the are spouting this there is no way they will listen to reason.
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What Putin is doing in Ukraine is killing innocent people in a foreign country to boost his internal polling numbers.  He is annexing land and he does it because Russia is powerful and he can.
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It is possible to suggest that there are cases in the past where the US has done something similar.  But arguing in that manner (we did it too) is an argument of the US was in the wrong at certain times, not an agreement that Putin is in the right this time.