Oh hell you're just buying any casus belli they put out there! We can offensively destroy them from silos in the heartland or submarines in the baltic, or a bomber releasing a missile from any number of places. The same concerns about geography and nukes from 1962 really aren't in play here. Well, of course unless Putin says they are and you believe it.
Also, Ukraine isn't NATO. It's basic, fundamental principle that one sovereign doesn't get to tell another one who they can affiliate with.
Your mental gymnastics to defend Putin and his malevolence, and condemn the U.S., is pretty amazing. It's almost like you're for Putin's territorial ambitions and peace is secondary. I agree we shouldn't start shooting in this, but your appeasement/pro-Putin position is confounding. You thundering about limited government and individuality and corruption and then you pooh pooh THIS GUY's aggression? Hell you don't even admit he's being aggressive, lol. I don't know what's in your head.