The Doctrine of Good Intentions: Do SOMETHING in Ukraine! Then Let's See What Happens

Ukraine Deserves Support from NATO Countries even if it’s Not Part of the Alliance from the editorial board of the Washington Post
"Individual NATO members, including the United States, should immediately begin supplying the Ukrainian army with lethal weapons, as congressional leaders from both parties have been urging. Ukraine needs anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, drones, spare parts and fuel, among other things, and these are readily available in NATO members’ arsenals."
Fred Hiatt and his neo-hawk friends on the Post's editorial board sounding off.  Of the "Do Something!" crowd on Ukraine, this is the most explicit most of these folks ever get.  First of all, I don't get that these limited measures will make any difference -- and second, it sounds too much like William Crystal's "Bomb 'em and see what happens" approach being applied to the Ukrainian crisis. Let's call this what it is: "The Doctrine of Good Intentions."  The underlying assumption is "because we mean well," the real losses we might sustain are justifiable and, in addition, we're somehow less responsible if things go bad -- Nuggetsman