“Didn’t Putin today say that such an action would be an act of war?”
Putin also said the sanctions were an act of war. He isn’t going to initiate a conflict with a peer or superior opponent. Thugs like him only attack down.
He’s a thug, no doubt. But I don’t think he outdoes either W or Barry for having started international conflicts and killing military—or civilians.
And all of them were in their national intel agencies.