If belarus and other states are joining russia's fight in the Ukraine, why isn't the West joining?

[Bucky]

4. It's not that simple. Besides, Belarus's role is pretty limited.

Our intel has been pretty reliable (this isn't 2001) and currently there's no indication of Belarusian troops moving in Ukraine.

https://www.politico.eu/article/belarus-russia-war-ukraine/

Of course as Putin's puppet in the long run it will do what he says, but they've dragged their feet on full deployment, possibly taking a hint from the puppety Stan nations, who have fully declined Putin's requests to sent in troops. Of course Putin has more control over Belarus's mini-Put, Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Besides, the US & EU have done a bit of pushing back against Belarusian cooperation.

But one doesn't traipse lightly into a direct military confrontation with a nuclear superpower like Russia into their own front lawn. Biden's response has been thorough, proportionate, non-escalatory, and forceful. Already it's certain that Europe, especially Germany, is going to take a HUGE hit to their economy as blowback from the harsh Russian sanctions. But sending in troops on top of that would be dangerously dumb.

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I would advise against throwing around the charge of genocide too lightly. What's going on in Ukraine is a tragedy and a war crime, a real war of aggression right out of the 1930s. There are certainly atrocities going on. But please don't dilute the word "genocide." This is bad, but this is not that.