It was the lowest common denominator, they would agree upon.
No partaking in the parade, no military greeting, and nothing else.
What the West did to lead to the Ukraine crisis, as well as the russian action, is nothing to write home about.
Someone said national thinking is a cancer. I agree, the concept of nations is obsolete. But with the "intelligence" of man as a species, the dumb patriotic right wingers will always win. Everywhere.
And man does not live long enough, to learn.
It really would be nice to leave and go somewhere far away, and let them who want kill themselves. And some religious weirdoes did just that a long time ago .. good those times are gone..
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa