[murky]

My understanding of the history of this region and conflict as well as the present day situation is very limited. I’m also very ignorant with respect to the conflict in Ukraine which is why I have appreciated the insights offered by many posters in that thread.

I understand and respect the reasons why some may feel these types of threads should be closed but I, for one, appreciate them. You could argue that a sports message board isn’t the proper venue for a discussion on these topics but it sure is convenient if I’m already coming to this site on a daily basis for Stanford sports related discussions. I also find several of the posters here more knowledgeable and informative than any number of sources I could find elsewhere.

Just my $0.02.

I'd like to cosign your post.

[murky]

My understanding of the history of this region and conflict as well as the present day situation is very limited. I’m also very ignorant with respect to the conflict in Ukraine which is why I have appreciated the insights offered by many posters in that thread.

I understand and respect the reasons why some may feel these types of threads should be closed but I, for one, appreciate them. You could argue that a sports message board isn’t the proper venue for a discussion on these topics but it sure is convenient if I’m already coming to this site on a daily basis for Stanford sports related discussions. I also find several of the posters here more knowledgeable and informative than any number of sources I could find elsewhere.

Just my $0.02.

I'd like to cosign your post.