Do you get the impression that the NATO countries don't really want Ukraine to join NATO, and that's why they aren't coming to defend it?

It looks to me like Europe has already calculated that a buffer state is a good thing to prevent Russian and NATO forces rubbing shoulders. It'd be like South Korea suddenly deciding they want troops in the demilitarised zone, it's just strategically boneheaded

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Graylight · 51-55, F

They've been systematically working with Ukraine for several years now on admission. It's a long road with several conditions to join, and Ukraine has been checking those boxes along the way. The best NATO could do now is fast-track it under free emergency provision.