We are not Russia's backyard. We are independent sovereign nations. Russia is the enemy, has always been and will be in the future. Their current and past aggression clearly show that. Russia is an existential threath to us as its neighbours. Russia is a threath to our freedom, democracy and way of life. We know from experience what it means to be under Russian rule. Never again.
The one who needs to apogolise is Russia for its aggressive expansion against international law.
If you completely forget about the US, Nato etc, what are the reasons to be in favour of Russia's actions in Crimea?
All I see is, USA this, Nato that, Iraq, Afganistan, slavery, American Indians, all kinds of absolute rubbish. The criminal here is Russia. I don't like Obama, I think he's a scumbag. I didn't like Bush, I thought he was even a bigger scumbag. I'm no fan of US foreign policy at times, but all this is irrelevant. You can't downplay what Russia is currently doing just because "Murica dun wronk". It doesn't make any sense. In Crimea and in Ukraine, it's Russia and Putin who are the scumbags and we need to call it out. Shit like this is unacceptable and wrong.