I would claim that Ukraine is ‘our’ problem. We signed an agreement appending a Treaty that assured their borders and sovereignty in exchange for relinquishing nukes. The Ukes honored it, the Rukes violated it by invading twice, and now the US is looking for ways to abrogate it.
Russia invaded Ukraine. They seem to think that by calling it a “special military exercise” they are still respecting the borders and sovereignty of the Ukraine. So we can not-invade ourselves, call it a “special military exercise” which really DOES respect the borders and sovereignty of the Ukraine and according to Russia’s viewpoint, we would still be in compliance with the agreement. Russia has proven to be a less-than-efficient military juggernaut, so we would probably push them back to their own borders within 2 weeks.
We should send in plenty of soldiers into western Ukraine where there are no Russian boots on the ground fighting. That would free up Uke guys to fight in the east.
We should also set up a volunteer force for any American soldier who wants to fight in the east. We would have a lend-lease program for American emBASEeees in exchange for the help.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4043681/posts
Americans would be fighting for American territory, emBASEees. We could call it the BBudapest AAgreement LLend LLease policy, because it would take BALLs.
Great points. It’s easy to forget the terms of that Budapest Memo. The world’s powers agreed to ensure Ukraine’s security in exchange for giving up its nukes (which I am willing to bet they deeply regret).