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
conservative = alt right
the dems have done a good job with their "MAGA Extremist" propaganda campaign. anything that doesn't fall in line with the extreme left is "extremist"