WWII
The Versailles peace treaty after WWI treated Germany badly.
Hitler appealed to this sense of grievance and rose to power.
One could have been sympathetic with him at the beginning, but after he began
his military rampage (in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland...) sympathy for him dropped.
For more details see How Hitler Invaded Half of Europe (7 mins.)
Ukraine
The creation of NATO and its expansion eastward treated Russia badly.
Putin has risen to power and has appealed to Russia’s concerns about NATO.
One could have been sympathetic with him at the beginning, but after his military rampages (in Syria and Ukraine) sympathy for him has dropped.
For more details see Why Russia Wants Ukraine ( 8 mins.)
Lessons from history
Destructive foreign wars do not achieve their objectives:
Hitler in Germany
Putin in Ukraine
And USA in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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