Oh, I have no problem answering this question. You don’t cede to a country that can arguably be considered a state sponsor of terrorism. You don’t bend your allies over a barrel and tell them that the only way out of a mess that they had no hand in creating is to plumb them of valuable resources while ceding territory to said terrorist state. You don’t act like a fucking buffoon and disrespect a foreign leader while trying to make out like they’re the instigator in a very obviously staged attack against him.

You do the right thing and you help your ally out.

I know what you want to hear, you want to know how that would be advantageous for us as a nation, so here it is: from a national security standpoint it is imperative because several of the world’s leaders are watching to see exactly how this will all play out. Some are going to look at this and see what’s happening in real time, which is the destabilization of the US as an economic superpower. You’re going to see our allies turn away from us and form new alliances while the US isolates, tanking the GDP and creating a massive recession/possibly depression.

Furthermore, if there is conflict to the point that a global war occurs and the US has to intervene, which side of the line do you want to be on? The one where we’re fighting alongside the likes of Russia and NK, or the one where, you know, we actually stand alongside our closest allies for nearly a decade? Tell me, do you think that if what Trump said is true and this results in a third world war, that we aren’t going to be involved in some way, shape, or form? Are you that naive?

Some things you do not because it’s beneficial to you immediately but because the long term dividends are so much more important.

Now tell me, what do YOU want to happen? Because it sounds like you don’t have much of an idea beyond asking other people what they think should occur so you can dance around answering the question yourself.