For the sake of the comment I’m about to make, assume that the U.S. is a rational country with a backbone, not the spineless, woke, moral cesspool that it actually is today.
What do you suppose we would do if the CCP decided that it wanted to make Mexico a Chinese protectorate and started arming it? And to make a closer comparison, imagine that northern Mexico was English-speaking and had more historically and culturally in common with the U.S. than with Mexico. Assume further that Mexico, emboldened by China’s backing, started making increasingly belligerent statements toward the U.S., and that China and North Korea started threatening openly to overthrow our government?
Again, assuming a rational and serious U.S., I think we would first warn both China and Mexico, and then when they responded by further ramping up their rhetoric, we would flatten Mexico to eliminate the threat and to send a message to its more powerful enabler in China. And when Mexico and China reacted not by backing off, but by marshaling the global financial system to try to destroy our economy?…Mexico would rightfully get flattened even harder, along with overt and covert actions being taken against China itself.
Sound familiar?
Here's the reverse hypothetical, and it cancels yours out.
Imagine that Putin really wants to bring back the glory days of the Soviet Union. His plan is to recapture all of the nations that used to be a part of the Soviet Union.
He is starting with what he feels are the easy targets, and getting his troops positioned so that they can more easily take Poland, and then the eastern part of Germany.
What would be the rational thing for the USA to do?
Should we just wait until the Russian air force is glide bombing our bases in Germany, or should we arm Ukraine and Russia's other neighbors to fight now?