CONSPIRACY THEORY ANYONE?

 nytimes.com/live/2022/03/06/world/ukraine-russia

A few days ago, an article in The New York Times reported that the Chinese government was aware of Putin's invasion, because the American government warned its Chinese counterpart and the Chinese went and told Putin all about it. It is clear where Putin and the Chinese stand. But where does the US and the West stand? If both knew about the invasion, which there is enough proof that they did, why didn't the leaders of these regions start the sanctions on Russia and its oligarchs BEFORE the invasion? Why didn't they send weapons and make speeches of support BEFORE the invasion? Perhaps then Putin would have thought twice about invading Ukraine. Or is it that the West, thinking of the two people's close ethnic, historical, geographical and cultural ties just figured they will "give" Putin Ukraine, a tit for tat they will collect on later, perhaps military presence in Poland. But all of this sympathy makes the Western governments look "good." Sometimes, the leaders of the world are so stupid that one thinks they must be evil. Same in Afghanistan, same in Iran. Same all over the world. We care only about our own interests. There isn't an iota of true sympathy for other peoples. 

Now, western leaders keep making speeches, hold marches, send this and that. Too late. People have died as will many more. So, stupid or evil?