We have been the worlds cop for almost 80 years. That horse left the barn before you and I were born.
Our young soldiers and airmen are not in harms way. That is the whole idea of letting Ukraine defend itself.
I think Biden is a demented fool. But I have faith in our military and it’s equipment. Our leaders may be woke idiots, but our arms are not.
Remember, this could end tomorrow with a single order from Moscow. They are very quiet.
You mentioned previous world wars and alluded to drawing down our forces after WWI. I think there are two lessons to be learned from that. 1.) we should never weaken our forces. 2.) Germany got a raw deal out of the Treaty of Versailles. It went too far and was humiliating. It was one factor that lead to WWII. If you listen to Biden and Zelenskyy they have increased their mission to include Crimea and to regime change in Russia. They want to emasculate Putin and Russia. Seems that happened to Germany in ‘17 and lead to the Weimar with Hitler rising to power. If we are so concerned about what Russia does in the future, then the lesson from between WWI & II should be heeded. We suck at regime change. Biden has another two years to eff things up.
It seems to me that Western Europe learned its history lesson and has be hesitant/resistant to supporting Ukraine to reduce the probability of escalation. There’s another thing at play too, Western Europe looks down on Slavs, they really don’t give a damn about them so they are reluctant to support yet another dispute between Russia and Ukraine. That’s in their backyard. They care less than we do. Strange how when we have no vital national interests in Ukraine that we care so much to blow $200 billion when Ukraine’s next door neighbors provide so little.