You are the one who brought up the USSR as justification for not supporting the Ukraine.
What you suggest would make the USSR stronger. They are a more dangerous enemy then the islamo-facists.
Do we not agree that Russia, like it or not, is the “Big Dog” in that region? Just as we (or at least we were) the Big Dog in the Western Hemisphere?
Maybe I’m guilty of “realpolitik” here. But I believe there are some concessions you have to make to Russia here regarding their sphere of influence.