I have a feeling that the warmongering in the DC actually want to extricate the US from the fight with Russia, to the point that they are even willing to appease Russia. They consider Russia as rabid dog that will give you rabies if you try to fight it, but will die slowly by itself if you just leave it alone. They want the US to focus on China with every thing the US have. They don't even care about their allies in Europe, certainly not about Ukraine.