The answer, of course is that we want Ukraine to survive. In supporting them, however, the risk to their supporters increases. I think it's a risk we must take btw, but it's a risk that cannot be ignored.
Regardless, this deviates from the subject of the thread, and my point lighthouse.
My point that got him heated was that I see Israel as more expansionist than Russia, and a greater threat to peace. We then went down a rabbit hole.