[Sequoyah101]

Exactly. It is not our monkey. We don’t know enough about it to intervene one way or another.

[Krosan]

Exactly. It is not our monkey. We don’t know enough about it to intervene one way or another.

I would disagree on that. Ukraine gave away world's third largest stockpile of nuclear weapons some ~20 years ago. Here is the gist of the assurances given to Ukraine for that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances#Content

According to the memorandum, Russia, the U.S., and the UK confirmed, in recognition of Ukraine becoming party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and in effect abandoning its nuclear arsenal to Russia, that they would:

• Respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty within its existing borders.
• Refrain from the threat or use of force against Ukraine.
• Refrain from using economic pressure on Ukraine in order to influence its politics.
• Seek United Nations Security Council action if nuclear weapons are used against Ukraine.
• Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine.
• Consult with one another if questions arise regarding these commitments.

  It is well known that treaties with Russia are not worth the paper they are printed on, but there were also USA and UK as parties. Now that Ukraine gave away their nuclear weapons and 20 years later Russia invaded and took parts from their country it will be certainly harder to convince other countries to keep away from having these weapons.