Democrats are stupid if they think shame, or fake military bluster will have any effect on Russia/Putin.
The only way to deal with Russia is financial/economic.
Russia has the troops, equipment, knowhow, and the will to mud wrestle with the US military anytime and place.
What they don’t have is the endless free money the US does.
That’s why Putin scares the hell out of Europe. He could roll over Europe in a few weeks, just to piss everyone off....He just couldn’t afford to hold it.
Leave Russia to their own devices, and just block them from any economic gains internationally....
Ever since I read Tom Clancy’s book “The Bear and the Dragon”
I have thought that some day the Russian and the American people would some day be allies.
We share two common rivals: China and Islamic extremists.
Russia does not need to invade Europe. It can control them with the natural gas and oil they need. That is also why Russia needs to control Syria. To keep a pipeline from the middle east from reaching Turkey/Europe.
By making oil and natural gas plentiful, the Trump administration controlled Russia and the middle eastern oil exporters. That is why it was silly to think that Putin would actually try to help get Trump reelected. Trump was costing Putin money.
Why the Russia perpetual hatred? Better is mutual trade to the benefit of both, sans the stupid piling on of sanctions.
The new democratic conservative Russia has a lot in common with what we used to be before we went 100% woke. We should be trying to improve our relationship as Putin is.