Because the invasion of Ukraine proved that security guarantees by the US mean jack shit. They gave up their nukes on the promise of security by the States, look where that landed them.
I mean, I get it, but there’s also a not insignificant difference for American interests between letting Russia attack a former Soviet country on the other side of the world, and letting Russia attack a country that sits between America and a different part of America.
Because the invasion of Ukraine proved that security guarantees by the US mean jack shit. They gave up their nukes on the promise of security by the States, look where that landed them.
I mean, I get it, but there’s also a not insignificant difference for American interests between letting Russia attack a former Soviet country on the other side of the world, and letting Russia attack a country that sits between America and a different part of America.