Soviet my ass.You have presented nothing but red (soviet) herring.
The USA doing something wrong in the 1980s doesn't justify russia doing something 100x worse today.
I condemn them both, but you only seem interested in condemning the USA, but excusing the soviets/russian evils to the detriment of Ukriane.
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In the real world, big fish eat little fish unless the little fish makes peace. Unless we're willing to go to war with Russia, Ukraine is not going to win. Russians already see this war as resulting from US power, intent on encircling and ultimately subjugating their country. Direct involvement would confirm that in their eyes. Unlike Iraq, Russia has lots of nukes, of many sizes, and the ability to deliver them to the US.
In a fight for survival, I can't imagine any country not using everything they have.
So the question is, are you willing to go all in? I'm not. You can call that cowardice or anything you want. I call it a cost/benefit calculation.