[MinorityRepublican]

Being unable to steamroll a nation of 40M with a western-trained army is quite different from steamrolling a bunch of relatively small ethnic enclaves.

Putin will be replaced with another strongman, most likely. 50% chance he'll be smarter. 50% chance he'll be stupid (Boris Yeltsin but not as nice).

[Paleo Conservative]

Being unable to steamroll a nation of 40M with a western-trained army is quite different from steamrolling a bunch of relatively small ethnic enclaves.

Putin will be replaced with another strongman, most likely. 50% chance he'll be smarter. 50% chance he'll be stupid (Boris Yeltsin but not as nice).

Or maybe as dumb as Boris and Natasha combined.