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For a year and three months, we’ve been told there’s only one correct position on the war in Ukraine. In a sense, that’s true: Russia’s invasion of the country is morally indefensible. It’s hard to imagine even the most cynical pretext for cheering Moscow on. Fortunately, nobody is doing that. Not even Oliver Stone.

But one need not side with Putin to wo…