I agree the West could have prepared Ukraine better for this war long ago, but not that they should start a shooting war with Putin now.
When i said yours is the "feel good" position i simply meant takng what feels like the higher moral ground is much easier than to deny yourself the luxury of it.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”