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I welcome your critique of what I posted.

I just didn't see how Ukraine could have stopped this war, and it didn't seem like the US was trying to start the war.

I guess your point all hinges on NATO expansion forcing Putin's hand?

But your orginal post could be summed up this way:
1) War is stupid and a waste. (Too which I said, "Of course.")
2) No virtue in entering a fight you cannot possibly win (To which I responded that Ukraine is holding their ground, which is a win given that everyone thought Kiev would fall within 48 hours.)
3) The Biden administration sacrificed Ukranians for nothing by subsidizing the war. (I don't get that at all. We supported them after they decided to fight. We were ready to betray them as you seem to be advocating for.)
4) Something about cheering on the war (which I have not done)

I think the NATO expansion is the better argument as a cause...although I guess I tend to think that it merely directed Putin toward Ukraine before he was ready. But, that is your best point.

It is a shame that we promised Ukraine to protect them from Russia, and then decided not to. It would have been better if we told Ukraine they would have to defend themselves, and just let Ukraine keep their nukes. None of this would have happened. (I know Chris94 says they could not have been used, but that argument rings hollow. Ukraine would have figured out how to use them.) But, back then, non-proliferation was a goal of the United States. Now that we are letting North Korea and Iran have nukes (and providing nuclear technology to N.K. and funding to Iran), it is a shame that we talked Ukraine out of their nukes.