If we have a commitment to #Ukraine, we must honour it or our commitments mean nothing. There's more than enough #military #power in #Europe without the #USA to dissuade #Russia. Move 40,000 #European troops into Ukraine with anti-missle, anti-air & anti-tank hardware. If you want #peace, prepare for #war. Deploy now. Weakness is not respected.

The #Russians have 54,000 to 72,000 troops, plus 3000 to 4000 vehicles, plus 35 aircraft surrounding Ukraine. Ukraine has about 200,000 troops, plus 30,000 vehicles and 125 aircraft. The Russians are likely better trained & certainly have better hardware. However, the Russians stand no chance against #NATO, even without the USA. European NATO is more than a match.

Russia is likely testing our commitment to Ukraine, which we ought to demonstrate immediately. We must not abandon our allies, neither must we initiate war frivolously. We must deploy to Ukraine with 40,000 troops and defensive hardware, & leave when Russia has finished its "training exercise," leaving the defensive hardware behind with small teams to train Ukrainians in its use.