Any short, medium or long term suffering is preferable to perpetual slavery.
I agree, I was there in the mid 1980s and supported Reagan all the way when he said enough, and said enough, submission is not an option when dealing with Russia.
Some, including a few here just don't get that.
Putin is begging for greater sanctions and the world should respond with the crippling blow this Russian midget deserves. Russians keep proving they are the stupidest people on earth.