I've been paying close attention since the Carter years. The President that would have seen the Ukraine danger the quickest and done the most would have been Bush the father. He would have handled it exactly the same as Biden, except he would have flooded Ukraine with weapons. Wouldn't have been a wussy about it. He knew how to handle the Russians.Fair points.
That said, the current arming of Ukraine -- at least in degree -- is unprecedented for America. Given that, it is hard to say what any former American president would have done if that person could have been transported to 2022. I suspect the policy would have mirrored Biden's but maybe Reagan would be a little more cowboyish.
Now, for most of his Presidency George W. Bush listened to Dick Cheney. So what would he have pushed for?
Reagan in the 80's had a different situation so he would have tempered his response. But Reagan today, with a weaker Russia then he had to deal with might be pretty cowboyish in response. Plus, I don't ever remember a case where Reagan turned his back on a people who were actually resisting and fighting.
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