Ofcourse I do. Can you explain to me why your comments are characteristic of one?
Again, there's nothing you post I don't "realize." This isn't rocket science. I know what you think and why you think it. I also know what you are trying to achieve there by "flipping" my accusations against you on me, here and elsewhere.
Tell me how you are NOT making a straw man argument there then maybe I'll engage you.
No, Zel's corruption is not the crux of my argument, but if he weren't, if he actually cared about his people, there would be no war, yes. He wouldn't have sold out his country. He woudln't have taken this risky strategy vis a vis NATO and the donbas for "sovereignty." That's a speculative counterfactual given the facts and known realities, not a strawman argument. Or, put another way, the point I am making there is he is no hero. He's not your hero to Putin the anti-hero. He is similarly in it for himself and a complete POS. There's a reason why he "enjoyed" below 20% approval rating before the war, why his constituents viewed him as totally corrupt then, why all of a sudden after Trump's "perfect call" where he tried to bribe him for dirt on effJB he was portrayed glowingly as a freedom fighter.