Lol Russia isn't our friend. Russia is our enemy and had been effectively since the end of WWII. Ukraine is our friend. They are our ally. That's why we've be helping them, and not Russia in this war of Russia's making. It's not Ukrainian jets who we consistently have to ward off on our borders new Alaska. It's not Ukrainian jets who repeatedly fly within inches of our aircraft in provocation efforts. Aligning with our enemy and the enemy of our ally in ending the war between our enemy and our ally is pure insanity. Imagine your friend asked you for help with a bully who keeps beating him up after school. Would you "help" by taking the bully's side and threatening your friend? Would you tell your friend to just give the bully his lunch money every day, and then publicly humiliate him when he objected to giving his money to the bully? That's essentially what you're arguing for. We'll have to just agree to disagree on this because I believe what you're suggesting, and the position you're taking is absolute madness that completely ignores history, and our respective relations with the countries involved.