You have to be able to read correctly. If you compare the "Cuban Crisis" with the current attack, then the blockade of the island began when the Soviet troops were already there.
What US infantry division was in Ukraine that Putler decided to launch an invasion?
I think even the opposite. If he had known the reaction of the West, he would never have decided on an open invasion. Recently
@RocketMan showed a cartoon where Russia is a bear. If she is a bear, then after hibernation, when there is only one name from the bear.
Lmao. You can accuse me of being ignorant of Ukraine's history, but here you are wrong and by a mile.
Yes, Cuban missile crisis began of russian troops and nukes being on cuba - and those troops and missiles were the exact reason why it didnt turn into a war.
Even with nukes, the US went for military blockade (keep in mind full blockade has been a standard for automatic declaration of war). During discussions, only reason Kennedy refused to authorise invasion was nuclear retaliation, either through war with soviets or using cuban nukes. If, however, kennedy had gotten news earlier that this was just about to happen, no doubt he would have done everything possible, including invasion, to prevent it. He couldnt, because he only got to know after nukes were there.
In this case, Ukraine declared it would join NATO, and refused to promise it wouldnt host american nukes on its soil - just like Cuban Missile Crisis . Except here, Russia got to know before the nukes were in Ukraine, and took all measures (including threats, intimidation and eventually invasion) to prevent it. Exactly what the US had planned in such a scenario.
Only reason this became a war in the first place is because Zelensky was too overconfident the Russians were bluffing and refused to negotiate, after being goaded by the west to fight - And Russians were too frustrated to deal with his shenanigans and overestimated their own strength, and underestimated western support to Ukraine.