B.S. article. It’s costing a hell of a lot more than “peanuts” both in dollars and long term, there is a cost to stability. We’ve badly depleted our ordnance, which costs billions to replace. And there is nothing more dangerous than a cornered, wounded animal. Anyone that believes Russia will actually collapse and become NOT a threat is smoking something
You sound like you are stuck in the 1960s mentality where the US government told everyone Russia was a super power.
They aren't anymore. They have the economic power of Italy, or Texas. The only reason the Russians could invade Ukraine is that the Ukrainians believed that the West would protect them from Russia and the Ukrainians gave up the 3rd largest nuclear weapons inventory in the world.