I usually do not agree with you, but you do seem to be the voice of reason in this thread. If NATO says we ALL protect Ukraine, then we do, period! If we do not, NATO dissolves pretty quick. Also, without some form of resistance in Ukraine if we are required to, China then goes for Taiwan, and Iran gets gutsy in the Middle East.
War sucks, period, end of story! But for those on the Left who decry defense spending, now you know why we do, and why we must. We can no longer sit in our country between 2 oceans like we did up to WWII and believe all is well, and nobody can touch us, or our allies. All of these crazies around the world are watching, and so are our friends. If we are REQUIRED to, or NATO decides to intervene and the USA says no, we no longer have friends with an army, and the USA is then irrelevant. Within 2 years, the world would become a totally different place as China then moves on Taiwan, and they would have no fear of doing it.
As I stated before, war sucks, and let us all hope nothing like that happens. But one thing this disaster should show everyone, is we can NOT just become isolationists, thinking that if we just make nice, everyone else is going to make nice too! They aren't, which is why we need a defense department, and be ever vigilante because no matter what you think, the real prize is taking down NATO and the United States. Everything else that is happening now are just stepping stones to achieve that goal.
In closing, let me ask how screwed are we?
Well, I do not know, but I do know, however screwed that is, it would be times 2 or 3 if Trump had not resupplied the armed forces, so for that, if we are smart, we should thank him.