> There is no reason not to protect them from their aggressive neighbor There is, and that is antagonizing Russia into a conflict. We don't have to let them be

> There is no reason not to protect them from their aggressive neighbor There is, and that is antagonizing Russia into a conflict. We don't have to let them be victims of Russia, as we aren't with Ukraine, but we also don't have to antagonize Russia. We can just agree to leaves these countries as neutral buffer zones.