Quote Originally Posted by dtrq View Post
Like there's any proof that he did.
He is supreme commander of Russian military forces. "The polite armed guys" obviously belong to Russian military. No way any military commander can take such actions without highest order. Who are they? Some private contract army? I can understand the point why he is doing this. USA and European politicans acts with no less hypocrisy when talking about "peaceful protesters", denouncing the agreement that were signed by Polish, French and German foreign ministers and thousand other things. Putin acts like "it's a game of lies that can be played from both sides". The grave difference is that from Russian side there is direct military involvement and seems like Putin don't understand it's not the same thing.