Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
Ukraine has no other option than to try to 'repair' relations with and coexist with Russia as the West failed them at a critical moment in their history even if it is just going through the motions.

Ukrainians will know that their only hope of independence and freedom from Russian domination will be to obtain nuclear weapons.
We didn't "fail" them.
Their government rejected our (not terribly attractive) offer and no government ever joined "us" or our alliances.

You're projecting your expectations - expectations which have no foundation in the real world. They had no reason to expect us to defend them.