“Do I really need to translate Si vis pacem, para bellum for you all? I thought everybody knew that one. Maybe not?”
Save it Chad. There’s a huge difference between peace through strength and going out and seeking a fight. You’re one of the loudest cheerleaders for war with Russia on this forum.
Cheerleading for putting Putin in his place now, and as quickly and economically as possible, so the West won't face a much wider war 5-10 years hence. George Kennan was not wrong. We cannot invade Russia, so the only thing we can do is containerize it until their economy collapses again. Maybe then the Russian people will make better use of their second chance. Hang the oligarchs from lamp-posts, re-create Rule of Law, honest elections, a true market economy, and a foreign policy that doesn't depend on invading the neighbors.