I guess by your logic, it would have been more economical to allow Hitler to conquer Russia, or to let Saddam conquer all of the oil reserves of the Middle East.
No. Putin must be defeated, for the future of human freedom.
First, Germany declared war on us first, not the other way around. Our national survival was at stake in WWII. It is not in Ukraine.
What did Eisenhower do when the Soviets put down the Hungarian Revolution? We didn't intervene.
No. Putin must be defeated, for the future of human freedom.
Putin or Russia? Is regime change in Russia our objective in Ukraine? Who replaces Putin? Do we have any guarantee his replacement would be better? Carter facilitated the removal of the Shah of Iran. We got Khomeini and have been living with the consequences ever since.