How Important is Ukraine to America?

My home state of Louisiana is some 6,000 miles away from Kyiv, Donbas, Crimea, and the Azov Sea. Yet an overwhelming majority of Louisianians, along with most Americans, have no idea where these places are located. For that matter, most of us would have a difficult time pinpointing Ukraine itself on a map. So here’s the question. Is protecting Ukraine worth risking a possible nuclear war for…