I'm not absolving Russia/Putin of responsibility. If Russia never invaded Ukraine. That said, there are a number of other factors that have lead to this conflict, and other actors that could have, and could still work to foster peace in the region. Yet here we are with the US as a co-belligerent in what essentially started out as a border dispute in a region where nations (people) have often not matched the official borders for one reason or another.
I'm of the opinion that the billions upon billions of US dollars used in this conflict could have been better used at home with the US brokering a peace between the Russians and Ukrainians.
There would be fewer dead Ukrainians, Russians both fighting men and civilians. We wouldn't be exhilarating the inflation of our dollar. We would be farther from nuclear conflict. Yet, here we are with billions wasted, countless deaths and the explicit threat of nuclear strikes.
How long will we continue to pour billions of dollars and countless arms into this conflict? How many have to die? And what for?
So one set of leaders has a more preferred border situation than the other? That's not worth it to me.
