You think that US is "removed from this conflict"? They don't send weapons to Ukraine, they don't share intel and advice with Ukraine, they don't train Ukrainia

You think that US is "removed from this conflict"? They don't send weapons to Ukraine, they don't share intel and advice with Ukraine, they don't train Ukrainian soldiers and they don't influence other countries to help Ukraine? You think that Germany considers Russia a reasonable partner? German newspapers that used to praise Merkel now don't criticize her for making Putin stronger? The government doesn't drop plans with Nordstream 2, also no plans appear to search for an alternative to russian gas? I'm sorry if the rhetoric I've chosen here sounds passively aggressive, but the "purely rational perspective" you described is very far from what I consider rational.