Why are a million protestors out in the streets in Chile?
Could they have legitimate grievances and minds of their own?

Nope. It's all the doings of Putin.

After admitting I was foolish to have believed Trump was right to call Erdogan's bluff on the invasion, I find myself still thinking there may have been a rationale for Trump's move, as horrific as it has turned out to be.

Simon Tisdall describes a possible positive outcome from the negative reactions to Erdogan on the part of countries involved in the crisis:

Because snoopydawg linked us to Craig Murray in an essay yesterday, I happened to see this important commentary.

Murray makes the point that much of the wealth controlling our obscenely corrupt system has come from the pillaging of Russian resources during the Yeltsin period and that the motive for demonizing Putin is to keep that wealth out of the hands of the Russian people.

You had to know that this was coming.
All the way back in 2013, Wikileaks had been "Infiltrated by Russian Spies," donchaknow.
There were also other suspicious goin'ons.

By now you are aware of how President Trump betrayed everything good and decent about America during a private meeting with Putin.

The Guardian front page, Tuesday 17 July 2018: ‘Nothing short of treasonous’. Trump accused over Putin talks pic.twitter.com/qUXSpDSZLz