Reminds me of the movie PLATOON. Elias: “We’ve been kickin’ asses for so long I figure it’s time we got ours kicked.” (Or something like that.)
We seem to think we’re unbeatable. That was true at one time. I’m not so sure about today.
So he sticks naval and Air Force assets right up to putin’s nose at a war zone. And a plane or ship gets hit. Then what does he think he will do? Bomb Moscow?