В августе 2014 "втягивать обе стороны в вооруженный конфликт" уже было не нужно.
Джон Мершмаэр что-то вменяемое тогда писал
Пропагандировал "финляндизацию".
The United States and its European allies now face a choice on Ukraine. They can continue their current policy, which will exacerbate hostilities with Russia and devastate Ukraine in the process -- a scenario in which everyone would come out a loser. Or they can switch gears and work to create a prosperous but neutral Ukraine, one that does not threaten Russia and allows the West to repair its relations with Moscow. With that approach, all sides would win. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault
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Джон Мершмаэр что-то вменяемое тогда писал
Пропагандировал "финляндизацию".
The United States and its European allies now face a choice on Ukraine. They can continue their current policy, which will exacerbate hostilities with Russia and devastate Ukraine in the process -- a scenario in which everyone would come out a loser. Or they can switch gears and work to create a prosperous but neutral Ukraine, one that does not threaten Russia and allows the West to repair its relations with Moscow. With that approach, all sides would win.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault
Глава американской делегации в Финляндии, сотрудник Киссинджера Том Грэм, писал на ту же тему статью с говорящим названием "Who Cares About Ukraine? Vladimir Putin does. And let’s be honest: The West really doesn’t." https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/who-cares-about-ukraine-110347