If Putin does not grab all of Ukraine (which would cause much greater response) it may be this will turn into a long campaign to bleed the Russian military. IF sanctions with real bite are additionally put into place, will the population wear down after a few years?
Granted, the Euro’s will have to bear temporary discomfort too, but, theirs can be addressed if:
A) They restart all their nuclear plants.
B) They realize sourcing energy from the WEST, Israel, etc. (tell the freaking Turks to go to Hell and enforce it if need be) is only minimally less green than sourcing it from Russia.
C) Biden & Co. realize the last half of “B”, and promote a massive effort to double US energy production.
An argument is that Russia will be driven into China’s arms. That’s fine with me: Russia will find in the long run that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a better deal.
“Granted, the Euro’s will have to bear temporary discomfort too, but, theirs can be addressed if:
A) They restart all their nuclear plants.”
So you’re saying that Europe might as well accept that they have some big-time suffering ahead.