Those_DT0 pushing_VVG this_DT0 approach_NN1 point_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 May_NP0 1955_CRD Austrian_AJ0 State_NN1 Treaty_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 accord_NN1 led_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 withdrawal_NN1 of_PRF allied_AJ0 occupation_NN1 forces_NN2 (_PUL American_AJ0 ,_PUN British_AJ0 ,_PUN French_AJ0 and_CJC Russian_AJ0 )_PUR on_PRP the_AT0 understanding_NN1 that_CJT Austria_NP0 would_VM0 declare_VVI itself_PNX a_AT0 neutral_AJ0 state_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ its_DPS parliament_NN1 did_VDD that_DT0 October_NP0 ,_PUN once_AV0 all_DT0 foreign_AJ0 troops_NN2 had_VHD departed_VVN ._SENT During_PRP the_AT0 Cold_AJ0 War_NN1 ,_PUN Austria_NP0 stayed_VVD out_AVP of_PRF NATO_NP0 and_CJC the_AT0 Soviet-led_AJ0 Warsaw_NP0 Pact_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC became_VVD a_AT0 prosperous_AJ0 democracy_NN1 as_CJS well_AV0 ._SENT Advocates_NN2 of_PRF Ukrainian_AJ0 neutrality_NN1 invoke_VVB other_AJ0 successful_AJ0 examples_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP Finland_NP0 during_PRP the_AT0 Cold_AJ0 War_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ What_DTQ 's_VBZ not_XX0 to_TO0 like_VVI ?_SENT "_PUQ they_PNP ask_VVB ,_PUN adding_VVG that_CJT Ukraine_NP0 's_POS entry_NN1 into_PRP NATO_NP0 is_VBZ a_AT0 distant_AJ0 prospect_NN1 in_PRP any_DT0 event_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 U.S._NP0 has_VHZ supplied_VVN Ukraine_NP0 with_PRP $_NN0 2.5_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP arms_NN2 since_PRP 2014_CRD —_PUN including_PRP $_NN0 400_CRD million_CRD in_PRP 2021_CRD alone_AV0 —_PUN and_CJC American_AJ0 soldiers_NN2 have_VHB been_VBN training_VVG its_DPS army_NN1 since_PRP 2015._CRD Those_DT0 calling_VVG for_PRP additional_AJ0 arms_NN2 deliveries_NN2 to_PRP Ukraine_NP0 mistakenly_AV0 assume_VVB that_CJT its_DPS army_NN1 can_VM0 rapidly_AV0 absorb_VVI massive_AJ0 amounts_NN2 of_PRF advanced_AJ0 weaponry_NN1 and_CJC that_DT0 American_AJ0 military_AJ0 advisors_NN2 could_VM0 quickly_AV0 train_VVI Ukrainian_AJ0 soldiers_NN2 to_TO0 use_VVI them_PNP in_PRP battle_NN1 ._SENT They_PNP discount_VVB the_AT0 prospect_NN1 that_CJT Russia_NP0 could_VM0 call_VVI Washington_NP0 's_POS bluff_NN1 ,_PUN leaving_VVG the_AT0 U.S._NP0 with_PRP two_CRD bad_AJ0 choices_NN2 :_PUN standing_VVG aside_AV0 to_TO0 avoid_VVI war_NN1 with_PRP Russia_NP0 and_CJC allowing_VVG Ukraine_NP0 's_POS defeat_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC riding_VVG to_PRP its_DPS rescue_NN1 and_CJC risking_VVG a_AT0 clash_NN1 with_PRP Russia_NP0 that_CJT could_VM0 spin_VVI out_AVP of_PRF control_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC end_NN1 in_PRP an_AT0 American_AJ0 defeat_NN1 given_VVN that_CJT the_AT0 fighting_NN1 would_VM0 occur_VVI on_PRP Russia_NP0 's_POS doorstep_NN1 ._SENT Advocates_NN2 of_PRF an_AT0 airlift_NN1 assume_VVB that_CJT Russia_NP0 would_VM0 stand_VVI by_PRP while_CJS the_AT0 U.S._NP0 completes_VVZ an_AT0 aerial_AJ0 supply_NN1 operation_NN1 to_TO0 make_VVI Ukraine_NP0 's_POS army_NN1 more_AV0 muscular_AJ0 ._SENT Paradoxically_AV0 ,_PUN rushing_VVG arms_NN2 to_PRP Ukraine_NP0 in_PRP hopes_NN2 of_PRF protecting_VVG it_PNP could_VM0 end_VVI up_AVP endangering_VVG the_AT0 country_NN1 by_PRP triggering_VVG a_AT0 Russian_AJ0 attack_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC far_AV0 from_PRP boosting_VVG American_AJ0 credibility_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP will_VM0 end_VVI up_AVP eroding_VVG it_PNP ._SENT Having_VHG armed_VVN Ukraine_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 United_NP0 States_NP0 will_VM0 not_XX0 go_VVI further_AV0 and_CJC save_VVB it_PNP from_PRP defeat_NN1 if_CJS that_DT0 requires_VVZ fighting_VVG Russia_NP0 ._SENT That_DT0 is_VBZ the_AT0 harsh_AJ0 reality_NN1 ._SENT Politics_NN1 Russia_NP0 feels_VVZ threatened_VVN by_PRP NATO_NP0 ._SENT There_EX0 's_VBZ history_NN1 behind_PRP that_DT0 To_PRP Americans_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Soviet_AJ0 Union_NN1 30_CRD years_NN2 ago_AV0 is_VBZ a_AT0 done_VDN deal_NN1 ._SENT To_PRP Putin_NP0 ,_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 catastrophe_NN1 he_PNP longs_VVZ to_TO0 reverse_VVI ._SENT Dec._NP0 19_CRD ,_PUN 2021_CRD The_AT0 neutrality_NN1 proposal_NN1 ,_PUN by_PRP contrast_NN1 ,_PUN has_VHZ a_AT0 significant_AJ0 advantage_NN1 :_PUN It_PNP wo_VM0 n't_XX0 increase_VVI the_AT0 probability_NN1 of_PRF war_NN1 ._SENT Yet_AV0 given_VVN the_AT0 prevailing_AJ0 circumstances_NN2 ,_PUN it_PNP wo_VM0 n't_XX0 work_VVI either_AV0 ._SENT 
