". . .all of these can be used to justify a Mexican reconquest of Texas."
The difference is, Texans say,
and the Kiev Kiddies say,
The Earth was last night affair, one guesses.
Many Americans simply cannot relate to the idea of being a small fish in a big pond. It is easy to be brave when you are the mightiest nation on the face of the earth, Ukraine has good reason to be terrified of Russia. They remember what it is like to have a world war waged on your soil, and what it is like to be occupied by people who wish to wipe you out.