“Lot’s of blame to go around. Putin for allowing himself to be provoked by NATO...”
He sure is one weak and fragile leader if he allowed himself to be provoked by such a paper tiger as NATO. I mean, NATO may have some credibility as a defensive organization (which should not be a threat to Russia unless Russia initiated conflict); but it has no credibility whatsoever as an offensive threat.
He's in good company given the collection of global trash posing as leadership. The absolute worst among us has risen to the top, all at seemingly the same time.