A Russian Invasion Of Ukraine is Indefensible

Many on the left and right defend Russia's military buildup along the border with Ukraine and accuse the United States of war mongering. It is not necessary to defend the United States, or argue that the United States has not engaged in war mongering and unnecessary wars, to understand that this is not about the U.S. or U.S. war mongering. 

It is not necessary to defend NATO, or the expansion of NATO, to believe that Russian grievances with NATO do not justify a war with Ukraine. 

Russia is an armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons state. No country can invade Russia and expect to not be annihilated, along with the rest of the world from the nuclear weapons fallout. 

Ukraine and its civilian population must not suffer because of the failures of the west and Russia to reach agreements on NATO or anything else.

The world faces mass poverty, enormous environmental degradation and poisoning that threats life on earth, nuclear weapon proliferation, biodiversity collapse, and more, yet the pursuit of war continues to be a far greater priority.