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"Russian offensive capabilities" weren't "neutered" - they never existed! That's been undeniable since March, and if US intelligence agencies were not aware of that simple fact before the war, they're as corrupt and incompetent as the Russian 'clown car' army.

Russia is still rated as having the #2 military in the world. Saying Russian offensive capabilities "never existed", is wrong since they crushed the Chechens and the Georgians. Without US weapons, Ukraine would have been eventually crushed.

[Who is John Galt?]

Russia is still rated as having the #2 military in the world.

"Russia is still rated as having the #2 military in the world" BECAUSE OF IT'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL - which all of the cheerleaders pushing for US involvement in Ukraine conveniently ignore.

Saying Russian offensive capabilities "never existed", is wrong since they crushed the Chechens and the Georgians.

So, you're saying Russian conventional forces are a threat to NATO because they "crushed the Chechens and the Georgians"? Are you serious? You're actually comparing the Chechen military, or the Georgian military, to NATO's combined conventional forces, with nuclear weapons to back them up?

Without US weapons, Ukraine would have been eventually crushed.

There's the REAL comparison - Ukraine has a lot in common with Chechnya and Georgia. So why didn't the US send $100 billion each, to Chechnya and Georgia? Because (like Ukraine) they're not in NATO, and the US has no vital interests there. It may be news to you, but NATO is not the designated world police force, and neither is the United States.