Just like a NATO (American) commitment with the Ukraine and other Russian border states is also ill conceived.
Pat would also say that the partitioning of E. Europe between the Nazis and Soviets was “none of our business.” Leading to the question, when does the gobbling-up of small countries become our business?
And his point was that Poland should have been tractable instead of intractable and principled. His point too was that Churchill was part of the problem. If Pat were a Liberal instead of a pseudo conservative, you’d probably see through him, I’d say.