I Think It's A Hollow Threat

OK, we got our minerals deal from Ukraine.

We're suing for peace from Putin.

What's his incentive to stop the "special military operation?"

I'm pretty sure we're not going to war to make sure we can access those minerals.

I doubt we're going to put miners in the way of Russian ordnance to extract them.

What's Russia get?

Land already in their possession?

Considering how much of Ukraine's mineral wealth is under the ground they've taken, not a bad deal.

Bad precedent.  It will encourage future wars.

I can't help but compare Russia invading Ukraine to Iraq invading Kuwait.

We went all in to expel Iraq.

I'm too lazy to really do a comparison. 

Update:  Counterpoint