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.
If you remember the 1980s as being less stressful for those facing Russia then, than now, then you clearly don’t remember them accurately.
And then of course, you go back to your rambling about your internal fantasy stuff, trying to defend that incredibly bizarre claim of yours that the Russian military today is mightier than the Soviet.
You really don’t see how nuts that is as you create a long narrative inside your own head.