why, indeed, are western 'socialists' so dumb, or is it 'merely' colossal ingnorance? Think of Labour's left and John McDonnal, and they're not alone in this, western left/socialists are staggeringly, badly informed. Why, in God's name would they believe the same people and institutions that lied about all the other wars we've been involved in recently? Are we to suddenly believe they've suddenly become honest, just because it's Ukraine?