>The accepted rhetoric of "We don't want to be pulled into a shooting war with Russia" translates as "We feel bad, but we'd rather Ukrainians die than risk the

>The accepted rhetoric of "We don't want to be pulled into a shooting war with Russia" translates as "We feel bad, but we'd rather Ukrainians die than risk the lives of our own citizens." I'm not saying it's completely wrongheaded, but it does undercut any rhetoric of solidarity. That's not the reason at all. The main reason and also why airspace cannot be closed is that NATO cannot have a boots on the ground for a conflict with a major power like Russia. Involving NATO in conflict is the ONLY reason why this war would turn nuclear. And very fast. It would be absurdly stupid to send troops to fight on behalf of Ukrainians. Biden and his son have investments all over Ukraine and he is just terrified of losing all of them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/politics/biden-son-ukraine.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/politics/biden-son-ukr... "Among those who had a stake in the outcome was Hunter Biden, Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at the time was on the board of an energy company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch who had been in the sights of the fired prosecutor general."