It's appalling how many people have no understanding that abandoning Ukraine is supporting Putin.
It's "appalling" how many people act like "support" is an infinite, costless supply. Okay... that's probably a little harsh. In theory, what you say makes sense. The way we've been going about it, not so much to me. There are plenty of petty dictators doing Putin-like things all over the world. Supplying arms honestly only makes conflicts worse.
I dunno, I kind of see it like Iraq. Instead of dumping more money into it, maybe it's time to look at diplomatic solutions. That region of the world doesn't really need more weapons. More weapons don't seem to deter Putin. Just gonna end up with more death and waste of human life. Plus, we're probably making a breeding ground of future extremists with an abundance of military hardware for them to get their hands on.
Need to figure out how to get rid of Putin rather than grinding up soldiers that don't want to be there.