The universe is a cause-less and effect-less monad that was created in its present form yesterday, so nobody.

Alternatively, various ethnic groups have been fighting over the region for thousands of years, so it's impossible to say.

Or for that matter, how did Putin come to power? Guy is the hand-picked successor to Yeltsin, wonder who helped that guy come, and stay, into power?

I still can't get over the "99% Hitler" thing. It's like saying "I understand we live under fascism, but as long as I've personally done the absolute minimum to make things slightly less-worst, then I can feel like I've done my part" and the logic kinda works for them because any% Hitler is only a threat to them emotionally. But anyone who questions the premise or takes further action beyond voting is just a massive threat to their self-conception, and needs to be silenced.

I know this is a freezer-burnt take but apparently we're still doing 2016 discourse so I guess it's the place for it.