They just want to sever ties between Russia and Germany + France and colonize Ukraine, if Russia breaks itself in reaction that’s a lovely bonus. The US will do everything to prevent Russia integrating into Europe, so Ukraine will take that fall for them.
US infantry veterans of Vietnam and Afghanistan constantly talk about how they did nothing to advance on threats until they waited an hour for an air strike to blow up the sketchy shrub in the distance
They just want to sever ties between Russia and Germany + France and colonize Ukraine, if Russia breaks itself in reaction that’s a lovely bonus. The US will do everything to prevent Russia integrating into Europe, so Ukraine will take that fall for them.