ukraine never has and never will be a vital national security concern for the united states of america.
the only reason we care is because our corrupt politicians have corrupt dealings in a corrupt eastern european nation.
why was the president's crack head son doing business there? why was then vice president biden interjecting in a ukranian prosecutor's firing?
our economy and politics are not tied to events in ukraine. they only are if you want them to be.
i reject this outright. and this type of thinking has characterized our disastrous foreign policy post WWII
we are americans. we are not ukranians. the founding fathers would be appalled
yes. invading ukraine (a NON NATO) country with historical ties to Russia/USSR, is a much different calculus than invading other european countries.
nuance is a beautiful thing. and guess what....if putin decided to push farther then NATO kicks their ass. simple.
the time to use soft power was long past. expanding nato was a HUGE strategic mistake. putin didn't just wake up and decide to invade ukraine.
we were fucking around in russia's backdoor for decades and guess what...we found out