I agree with you, but you and I both know that NATO and specifically Germany and France would not be provoking Russia without the USA being involved....
Way back when in 1941 Germany had a technological edge and probably was outspending Russia significantly and for a year inflicted heavy loses on Russia...
France also had a large army with more tanks than Germany and was overrun in no time...and that included the British as well...
There is a long history of foreign powers underestimating Russia only to get bogged down and suffering a miserable defeat....
All I’m saying is why antagonize Russia is NATO and USA really ready to go to war over Ukraine, I know as an American I could care less about them
.........why should you/me/we care? The former USSR stood for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Germany is as Socialist a country as there is on the planet. Germany, France, the EU and the UK spit on America daily. I say let them fight it out. Last I heard Germany LITERALLY had about 6 tanks that were combat ready. Somebody hand Merkel an assault rifle and put her ass on the front line!