Yes, of course I think Poland would mean that we would have to slap down the Russian pretender, and I think he knows that.
Putin is just trying to get away with what he can, he knows that he doesn’t have the muscle or the economy, or the Eastern and internal security to actually fight NATO.
Do you really think we would go “all out” for Poland?
I think our response would be “half assed” at best. I simply think Obama thinks driving the price of oil down is going to be enough to wreck Putin. But Putin could pull the plug on German gas pretty quickly. That would split NATO in half.
Obama isn’t really good at this.