Easy for us in the West to show responsibility when it's not our and our families' lives that are on the line. Our non-willingness (if political decisions can be considered collective, as so many here imply for Russia) to die is made obvious by the fact no one nation dares put a boot on the ground while Ukraine gets leveled.

Or maybe it's the certainty of global nuclear annihilation and the end of humanity as we know it

But you're probably right, the selfish cowards things makes sense. I guess that's why we haven't gone to war since 1945... Oh wait

FWIW I'm not arguing we should, I just find it hypocritical to say Europeans (which I'll extrapolate to the rest of us in the West) are taking responsibility as opposed to Russians when we are doing so from the comfort of our intact living rooms.

It may actually be worse for Ukraine if NATO and Russia were to face off there. I’m no authority, but a showdown might be even more destructive.