>Calling NATO membership "the root cause" is victim-blaming in the worst possible way.

He did not say that. He said "reckless foreign policy by the United States in particular" is the root cause.

>Either Ukrainians have a right to self-determination, or no one does.

It's complicated... Does the Donbass region of Ukraine have the right to self-determination?

What about North Cyprus?

And where are the champions of Palestine?