“Putin is a thug, but nonetheless we need to stay out of this.”
Putin is putting everyone in the world into the middle of this crisis in one way or another no matter how much we dislike it and no matter how much some people want to find a cowardly excuse to shrink from their civic duty to confront the Russian menace to worldwide peace and security. Associating yourself with the effort of forestalling the defense of the Ukraine and other former Soviet republics only makes you an accomplice to the Russian war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity.