He was willing to negotiate in 2014. We rebuffed him and told him he was on his own. So, he is taking the actions of a country that is on its own while surrounded by hostile Western countries.
If the US was on its own, as it soon will be because the rest of the world is scheming a world without the US, would you expect the US to do any different?
Sure, AFTER Putin had already seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The last time this happened in Europe, was during WW2.
surrounded by hostile Western countries.
Your ridiculously arguing that EVERY NATO nation would vote to invade a nuclear armed Russia, which has the #2 military in the world. Seriously?
Putin himself said he HAD NO ISSUES WITH FINLAND JOINING NATO. Why, if NATO is "surrounding" Putin?