Do you propose we engage and destroy Russian assets there...and those that would be coming?
Because the Russians will fight to the death over Ukraine.
If we are not prepared for existential war over that God Forsaken hell hole we ought not do it.
Mourir Pour Ukraine?
I’m reminded of the pre-WWII Low Countries’ diplomats whose pre-invasion meeting determined that their planned, but extensive, defenses were insufficient against the Wehrmacht—and that the Wehrmacht was really France’s problem.