Quote Originally Posted by poop
So your solution is to let Putin overrun Ukraine and incorporate it into Russia so he can weed out all the Nazis and replace them with Oligarchs?
Ukraine is not NATO. Unless we're going to intervene every time a non-NATO country gets attacked, then we sit it out.

If not, what is your actual objection to sending aid to Ukraine? Some of them are bad people? It's like we're going in circles here.
I'm not keen on damaging the UK economy by sending badly needed money to a corrupt regime. I'm also not keen on the global weapons trade, which is why I also oppose us sending weapons to Saudi Arabia. It makes us complicit in war crimes.

We can, and do, support Ukraine with sanctions against Russia. That hurts our economy, but it hurt Russia a lot more. It's an effective way to give Ukraine an edge without actually having to give them money and military hardware. We punish Russia without rewarding Ukraine. There's a solution.

Sending weapons is a dangerous game. Are we really willing to go to war with Russia over this? That's the message we're sending.