I don't know. Maybe, or maybe not.
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union represented aggressive, globalist, even messianic, ideologies. Even Saddam Hussein had to ridiculously claim he represented true Islam and the 1600 year-old battle against the Jews when he invaded Kuwait. Putin and Russia today do none of this. In fact, they are the opposite. They represent their own culture, their own religion, their own sovereignty. They clearly have said they are pushing no ideology on the world, except that of national sovereignty.
Russia can invade Poland, but to what end? To make them Russian? How will they hold and organize it? With what ideology? As some kind of 19th century Czardom? I don't think so.
Ask yourself - who and what is the aggressive, globalist, utopian ideology of our present time? Who is promoting it?
This is all BS and a smokescreen just like the Poles ignoring the fact that they were run by a military junta prior to WWII and gladly took part of Czheckslovakia when the Germans took over most of the country.
Whatever. Think what you like, but the facts are that the NATO crowd is scared to death their perks and gravy train is going to end and next thing ya' know, poof, a major "crisis".
I don't believe a damn thing coming out of the Pentagon ever since after serving in VN I found out that the who attack on a US destroyer that was used to justify our sending anything but SF and advisers was nothing but a complete lie.
During my time in the Corps I think I heard every boneheaded theory and conspiracy theory anyone could possibly dream up so, I won't argue with you anymore.
Maybe the VC really were shipping hookers with incurable VD into dives around 29 Palms to cripple the USMC, maybe the nasty Russians aren't worried about fixing their own country, they're really worried about taking over a lot of little nothing countries that are falling apart.
Semper Fi.