“It would be easy pickens if Putin is stupid enough to do anything.”
Russia could paint the Black Sea “black” with combat aircraft, Frigates, Patrol boats and Diesel subs.
They have numbers in proximity.
Russia has the ability to ensure an entire Surface Action Group, once entered, never leaves the Black Sea.
UNLESS, the US is willing to deploy very substantial air assets in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey to counter half the Russian military.
After that everyone is in too deep to get out.
That’s not easy pickin’s.
That said, Russia usually allows 1 or two Burkes in at a time without much fanfare. But if they see a real, effective and threatening force they will act to expel them.
Oh, and it was very unwise people who added Bulgaria and Romania to NATO, likely Turkey too. No good to America will ever come of that.
Naturally Ukraine will provide whatever size "crisis" they're told to manufacture and whether it makes sense or not doesn't matter. What matters is that it works as a distraction from what scum right here in the US are going to be doing to try and save their own asses.