Lamont...post WW2 there have been any number of states, break-a-way states and ethnic population demands for statehood  that have been recognized by national governments and others that have not...I asked you a direct, limited and simple question...does your support for east Ukraine include going to war with Russia over it.....my answer to that specific question is no, since as I mentioned above, the situation is not a simple one and I see a means to a negotiated settlement of the issue...as well, Russia is a nuclear-armed and ready state

there are a number of specific national interest / national threat -based reasons or situations that I would support going to war- as- a- last resort over ....every one of them entails ensuring that the enemy is not a nuclear weapons at-the-ready state unless my nation is being threatened existentially