This old Marine agrees. Certainly NOT under the present CIC.
It`s time for the Ukrainian boys and girls to step up to resolve this one . If they have the will to fight an all out balls to the wall war, with their own rules of engagement ...turn em loose. Anyone who would like to suit up and go assist them...have at it.
Ukraine will fight... If they do not conclude they have been abandoned and have no chance. They’ve already been sabotaged by their past Pres. & others.
Do we at least return the value of the 5000 nukes they gave up, in return for our promise of protection? (1994 Security Assurance & later reaffirmations through 2009.)
One other thought: “Their own rules of engagement” could be disastrous. The Ukrainians are much more hi-tech, and oriented so, than most radical Muslim nations / people. Desperate Ukrainians going into a long term terrorist mode and allying with anti-Russian Muslims could be very dangerous, and not just to Russia.
While I tend to discount the danger from Ukrainian extremists in a free Ukraine, a partially or wholly Russian occupied Ukraine is a whole ‘nother ballgame.