if the US believes a full-scale invasion of ukraine is imminent why is it not revoking the offer to join NATO which russia claims is the primary reason for the conflict? if it's revoked and works to put an end to the conflict, that's a win. if it doesn't they can just re-offer it
that would be another major win for the US, as it proves beyond any doubt russia was lying about NATO integration being the source of the conflict. the only logical answer is that the US is just full of shit and doesn't care if ukraine gets wrecked, as mearsheimer said years ago:
don't get your information from deranged breadtubers who repeat whatever the state department says. prospective NATO membership and the US' refusal to withdraw it from ukraine is in fact the key point of contention between the two sides (theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…) 
in yesterday's speech putin reiterated it over and over again as the cause for the conflict:
https://twitter.com/BMarchetich/status/1495925133931913216
incidentally this is also chomsky's position, so if you're calling yourself a "libertarian socialist" or whatever the fuck and have been claiming anyone who has this view is a nazi-appeasing "tankie", have fun resolving that cognitive dissonance
https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1495330478722850817
very good piece by @robertwrighter yesterday making the same point: nonzero.substack.com/p/why-biden-di…
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