Who cares if Ukraine isn't in NATO? Does being an European mean you have to be in NATO? Europeans in and out of NATO called us paranoid. This wasn't only directed at NATO members.
Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons in '94 under the agreement that their sovereignty would be protected by the U.S., Russia, and U.K. Look what happened. Russia broke the agreement. How can we promise that countries who do not seek or give up their weapons are better off or safe without them? We can't now. Russia just set world peace back. Every single person in the world is less safer because of Putin.
Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons in '94 under the agreement that their sovereignty would be protected by the U.S., Russia, and U.K. Look what happened. Russia broke the agreement. How can we promise that countries who do not seek or give up their weapons are better off or safe without them? We can't now. Russia just set world peace back. Every single person in the world is less safer because of Putin.