Gosh you sound young, if you think you wake up feeling lucky to have survived the night today, then you just don’t remember the 1980s.
I love how in your mind NATO is dissolving with some nations switching to Russia, Poland having become so powerful militarily that they are striking out on their own now, and that the old soviet Empire was no military match for this russia.
I remember the 80s well and good. I look back on it with fondness as it was far less stressful. Detente always is. Let me tell you something about NATO and politics. Lots of nations have a public policy and they also form a secret one. They see the deteriorating situation in the US and they will make back door deals to ensure their survival and like I said they will make deals with other NATO members to insulate themselves from any threat or even make deals with Putin himself. It’s the real world babe. Remember Roosevelt made deals with Stalin who was a much worse person than even Hitler in the way he treated his own people (killed 60 million of his own). The Russia of yesteryear had a very unpopular govt and people really did not believe in their system. Putin on the other hand is quite popular with many Russians and amongst their military who will very much fight for him. The old soviet military relied on the special military groups and today’s Russian will fight. Any force who believes in what they fight for ultimately wins.