that's actually a great point, though I dont think the Russians threatened to shoot down his satellites in this case, and we dont know at this point what assur

that's actually a great point, though I dont think the Russians threatened to shoot down his satellites in this case, and we dont know at this point what assurances if any the US was willing to give him, since this is just his side of the story, apparently. more importantly, this is not the reason Musk himself offered. The reason he himself offered was that he wanted to affect the direction of the war itself (which he feared would lead to "nuclear war"), and his claims that he "doesn't want to be involved in the war" seem a little hollow when he directly confers with the country that has gone to war with his customer and he then acts directly on their recommendations, not those of his actual customer. I think if his concern is that Russia would down his own satellites leading to financial loss for his business, he should make that the reason. I'm pretty sure that's not the reason.