This war in Ukraine has been at least a decade in the making...

May 2014 headline in the popular British publication The Guardian.
Never call what is happening now "unprovoked". https://t.co/QGNr9ELMZR

— NInCA (@NadiaInBC) January 16, 2023

To be blunt I can understand why Americans don't understand the history of the lead up to this war in Ukraine. We're far removed from it. It ain't in our backyard. But the Europeans that are beating the war drum? I consider the ones that don't/refuse to remember the lead up to be either liars, batshit stupid, or just warmongers. This should have been avoided.