If Putin is a “good guy” in all this right now, how do your reconcile that he is an awful murderous dude? That seems to be a big pushback I’m getting from peers.
Also, while I’m at it, I’ll ask one more question. When I explain to people that Neo nazis are in the Ukraine, people say that it doesn’t make sense because zelensky is a Jew. How would you respond to that?
Of cause Putin is not a "good" guy here.
I would say he is a victim of other more powerful guys (globohomo). Is he a lesser evil? To some extent, yes.
If I rated them on evil scale:
Putin 5/10 (bonus points subtracted for not killing civilians).
Globohomo/WEF: 9/10 (bonus points added for worldwide cleansing)
Ukraine: n/a. Second/third world, irrelevant, proxy territory.
Thats what their western puppet masters told them.
It is reported that similar strategy has been used in Syria (civilian population as human shield).