That’s another thing that gets me about the general obtuseness that permeates these threads. We are supposed to not “provoke” the Bear, respect his “backyard,” and all that . . . but allegedly we are not “surrendering” anything at all.
responding to Russian aggression is not “provoking”
In my experience in dealing with the Roosians, there is only ONE thing they understand—STRENGTH! They respect strength! Anything less is perceived as weakness. I wonder how the US is being perceived. Hmmmmm.