Wages have been stagnant for how long now? The middle class has also been squeezed to the point of exhaustion. I see no problem stealing from the rich.
You forget that a CIA informant lied about Saddam having WMD's. He lied because he wanted the US to remove Saddam from power. The U.S. alone spent $60 billion over 9 years, some $15 million a day to rebuild Iraq. I don't see Russia doing that for Ukraine.
