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There's nothing wrong with being angry about Russia's actions in Ukraine as a private citizen, and pressuring our governments to do as much as they realistically can to prevent Russia from gaining anything from their actions. However, sending in troops to help the Ukrainians is not realistic, and would be counter-productive even if Putin backed down and didn't start launching a few tactical nukes. On the list of things that would confirm Russia's fears about the West planning to destroy them, NATO soldiers directly fighting against them would only be second to an actual invasion of their territory.

Political leaders cannot act from emotion, they must be pragmatic. So far, and surprisingly, there has been an unanimity of purposeful action that has undoubtedly gone far beyond what Putin expected and beyond what he and his advisors had calculated could be borne to justify war as a net gain for Russia. It's only been a couple of weeks - let the consequences of what has been done play out before declaring failure. This is real, not some theoretical war game where you get to reset the board if your strategy ends up killing billions.