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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Very difficult to imagine many NATO countries ignoring their commitment to collective self-defense. All rhetoric aside, Ukraine is not an ally of the West or Europe, the Baltic states are treaty members. Not even close to the same scenario. The West is piling weapons/support into a non-ally in this case... not sure how that's a sign of lack of defense commitment.
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USA, UK and Russia had a treaty with Ukraine about security guarantees in return for Ukraine surrendering its nuclear weapons. Russia has sure breached it, but my understanding is that USA and UK were supposed to help Ukraine more:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda...ity_Assurances