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So if Americans are asking, "Why are we providing Ukraine assistance in the first place," this is one reason among many. We promised to.

There are many other reasons, including the principle that Russia shouldn't invade formerly captive nations and kill their citizens.
And that it has developed a habit of doing this.
So for Ukraine, this is literally a matter of life and death, literally a matter of whether they will continue to exist as an independent nation. The last thing they want is to be another issue in the interminable US culture wars. From their perspective: a surreal nightmare.
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