> That might have had more to do with the threat of nuclear war It's not clear we would have risked nuclear war by selling discounted cruise missiles to Ukrain

> That might have had more to do with the threat of nuclear war It's not clear we would have risked nuclear war by selling discounted cruise missiles to Ukraine. But the Ukrainians might have used them prematurely, or surrendered without a fighting chance. Or the US could have just deployed 50k troops to Poland and said "we might interfer in Ukraine". Then Putin might never have invaded. Instead the US said, they would not interfere.