I was one of those morons. I honestly believed that the Russians had a serious military that had not been totally eroded by corruption, and that Ukraine had a major corruption problem.A lot of morons still believe 'Russia has 25,000 tanks!!!' and other rubbish. They would lucky to field 300 consistently. But somebody will post aerial photos that big graveyard of rust and cannibalized junk and proclaim how mighty Russia is n stuff.
The difference is that I had the common sense to reevaluate my beliefs with new information.