Except there's no analogy here of course, because unlike Cuba in 1962, Ukraine did not station nuclear missiles, or take any other action objectively posing a t

Except there's no analogy here of course, because unlike Cuba in 1962, Ukraine did not station nuclear missiles, or take any other action objectively posing a threat to Russia. But Putin invaded anyway, because as the world knows, the invasion was never about Russia's legitimate security concerns in the first place. Meanwhile, if we were to draw an appropriate analogy to 1962 it would go like this: "Confrontation over missiles, Khrushchev backs down. However, JFK is not satisfied with Khrushchev's assurances that Cuba will not eventually form a NATO-like alliance with Russia, and doesn't like the idea of the countries forming close economic ties, and so decides to invade anyway, seeking regime change and a government in Cuba that is permanently friendly to US interests." The latter (hypothetical) action would have been neocolonial aggression in the classic mold, of course - on top of being a transparent sham. And in exactly that vein, a much closer analogy to the course of action Putin actually took in Ukraine.