He did it because he knew and knows no one in the west has an appetite for war with Russia.
or has the balls to really do anything about it.
If there isn't a deterrent to stop Putin from indiscriminately shelling deep inside Ukraine, then he will
continue to do so until there is nothing left to blowup. If Ukrainians have the ability to hit deep inside
Russia they will stop. If it doesn't stop them from missile launches deep inside Ukraine then it's time
to send missiles into Russia. Escalating isn't the issue. If it is, then that is what Putin is doing now,
escalating, just at a slow pace. We're just getting inured to these increments of escalation and are not
seeing it for what it is.
Obama was wrong for not helping stop the invasion of Crimea. And a full year invasion of the
Ukrainians is what we are seeing now because the US and NATO didn't react in 2014