“I think he can keep Crimea, and that’s all.”
How is the view from up on FantasyLand?
Can you buy me a Cotton Candy Mountain?
The GDP of Russia is ~1.5 trillion dollars, the USA’s is ~21.5 trillion dollars. If we decide to help Ukraine defend itself successfully, that is what will happen, in spite of the mass-murder-loving cheerleading squad of Putin fans, who are a small but noisy minority.
Crimea is historically Russian, and after a UN or NATO supervised postwar plebiscite I think it will remain Russian.
As for Putin himself, I am still hopeful he will meet his deserved end on a gallows; but as long as he no longer rules Russia it will be OK with me.