You were saying?
Geographical location of Ukraine
Ukraine is situated in the central part of Eastern Europe, on the crossroads of major transportation routes from Europe to Asia and from the Scandinavian states to the Mediterranean region.
All of those are meaningless to the U.S. We certainly do not need Ukraine’s energy when we should be energy dominant on our own. As for geography, that’s completely Europe’s problem, and most of Europe doesn’t give two chits about Ukraine. We have our own geography problems, just look south. It’s not just our southern border, it includes China’s influence in South America. We cannot be dividing our military power and resources in dozens of places in the world with China on Taiwan’s doorstep. Unfortunately we have real national interests in Taiwan, and no one seems to be seriously interested in eliminating our dependence on both China and Taiwan.
Energy, oil, and gas vital interests?
Hmmm. Your neocon calling card is showing.
Sounds like reasons the U.S. sought to bring “freedom” and “democracy” to many nations in the Middle East.