Sadly enough, booting out democratically elected leaders in other countries just counts as business as usual. (The USSR played the same game, back when it existed and had the clout for that.)
They're absolutely comparable. If anything at least Russia is being upfront about its imperial ambitions by using its own military. US just outsources its imperial projects (mostly, though Iraq, Afghanistan are counterexamples) by fomenting political disruption or destroying economies until demands are met.
Same ends, different means. One's just more covert.
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Na, you just threw out democratically elected leaders, multiple times.
Sadly enough, booting out democratically elected leaders in other countries just counts as business as usual. (The USSR played the same game, back when it existed and had the clout for that.)
They're both bad, but they're not comparable.
They're absolutely comparable. If anything at least Russia is being upfront about its imperial ambitions by using its own military. US just outsources its imperial projects (mostly, though Iraq, Afghanistan are counterexamples) by fomenting political disruption or destroying economies until demands are met.
Same ends, different means. One's just more covert.