“A lot of posters on Freerepublic stand with Joe Biden and Lis Cheney when it comes to Ukraine and Russia.”
That’s false, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
It’s true there are many FReepers and MAGA conservatives (the smart ones) who rightly see this “stand with Ukraine” bandwagon as just another neocon ploy to get the US involved in another forever war.
That doesn’t mean we are pro Russia or pro Putin.
It’s also true that many of us agree with President Trump that Putin is smart. However evil he is, he should be respected as a worthy adversary, not a bumbling mad man on the verge of collapse. It’s the smart way to view your enemy.
It doesn’t mean we’re pro Russian - it just means supporting the corrupt Ukrainian oligarchs is playing right into Putin’s hands. We are driving Russia into an alliance with China, and at the same time forcing them to capitalize on their energy dominance over Western Europe.
Wars with Russia don’t end well - Trump would not have gotten sucked into this.
That's a red herring. There is widespread support for helping arm Ukraine. That support rightly would collapse the moment U.S. troops were committed.