I'm with Video Mixdown on this one. The west needs to support Ukraine because it is the moral and ethical right thing to do.
It could well be that Putins gamble was because he wants the minerals but, personally, l doubt it. I suspect it is all about his dream of reestablishing the USSR. Russia has a great deal of mineral wealth already and l believe that China will be having some of that as the price for their support so far.
Senator Graham should maybe have paused for thought before handing a propoganda gift to the cynics and further undermining western resolve.