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Americans don't want a war either
A recent AP-NORC poll found 72% said the US should play a minor role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, or none at all.
They are focused on pocketbook issues, particularly rising inflation, something Biden has to be mindful of as mid-term elections loom.
In Washington the crisis is consuming lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, who are demanding the toughest of sanctions. But even reliably hawkish voices like Republican Senator Ted Cruz don't want Biden to send American troops into Ukraine and "start a shooting war with Putin."
The danger of a superpower confrontation
That's the bottom line - Putin's stockpile of nuclear warheads.
Biden doesn't want to spark a "world war" by risking a direct clash between American and Russian troops in Ukraine and he's been open about that.
"It's not like we're dealing with a terrorist organisation," the president told NBC earlier this month. "We're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. This is a very difficult situation, and things could go crazy quickly."