#19, John I have always had great respect for your views on a multitude of subjects, however it is easy to say sitting 12,000 miles away that the UK should keep out of it, alas we are not sitting 12000 miles away we are in very close proximity and Russia has shown its probable intent by constantly invading our airspace and having to be escorted away, so far peaceably. Ukraine may not be in NATO and NATO has no legal obligation to go to its assistance, but common sense and a feeling of self survival make it almost imperative that the NATO Nations show a common purpose in trying to prevent an incursion of Ukraine, should such an incursion occur then Russia would have a solid unbroken line hedging all its continental NATO members; should this happen, do you not think that man of Putin's ilk will rest on his laurels, most people living within proximity of Russia, tend to think not; dictators do not rest on their laurels because ambition of controlling others is their driving force and they do not care about the destruction of life and property as long as their ego is satisfied.
Those are my interpretations of the situation, but I am but a simple man and greater brains than mine have no doubt mulled over the situation and have deemed a path to follow that may not agree with simple assumptions.