Putin is a very, very bad person who will ravage the world if allowed to do so. He’s not the only one.
The US must defend those willing to fight for themselves (that wasn’t really true in Afghanistan).
Unfortunately, the Euros appear to value cheaper energy more than their neighbors freedom. This is why the undoing of Trump’s energy policy and exporting plans by Biden was so devastating when also combined with Biden’s concomitant facilitation of the completion of Russia’s pipeline around Ukraine to Europe (Nordstream 2).
This emboldened Putin to invade Ukraine who knew the Euros wouldn’t help if they were dependent on his oil and NG. Despite an amazing fight by Zelensky, it is proving to be true still unfortunately.
We are wasting everyone’s time and many more are dying if the lazy leeches in Europe aren’t willing to truly pitch in as well. We cannot prosecute this war alone from the US by proxy.