I’m 72 and grew up under much the same circumstances as you. But I’m not about to support a nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine. Ukraine should permanently revoke its request to join NATO, period, and Europe should defend itself against the Bear. As a minimum, Zelensky should be at the UN pestering and badgering it to solve his problems with a coalition instead of trying to pull the US via NATO into it.
No-fly zones, countless shipments of arms and requests for foreign fighters, demands for sanctions and shutoffs of anything and everything connected with Russia over Ukraine. Correct me, but where was Ukraine this last 5 years doing anything to help the US with our Southern Border invasion?
IMO, his nukes may not even work. They are all at least 15-20 years old. Rockets have to be refreshed every few years. The only concerning thing for me is he has thousands of them and some are bound to work. I'm betting we have the upper hand in early detection and strike back.
The thinking I was trying to get across is if a bully bullies you and you don't say anything about it, you can expect to get bullied tomorrow and every day after that. The whole reason we are here today is because Biden told the world how he threatened "Corn Pop". Putin is laughing at him. China will be next on Taiwan before we can vote a Republican Congress back in. We won't even build a pipeline or drill in Anwar with Biden.
What's the difference n sending a few jets to Ukraine vs. sending 1000 stinger missiles? Somehow it crosses some imaginary line to send jets. Putin is playing Biden like a fiddle. We are playing checkers and Putin is playing chess.