And there is no strategic advantage to jump in quick to a military campaign.
Time favors the west, not Putin. Give the sanctions a year to gum up Russia’s mojo. Hit him hard on sanctions. Full blast.
Let Russia deal with the resistance trying to occupy Ukraine. The long game favors Ukraine, not Russia.
But, in the meantime, NATO and the United States must be fiercely united. It will take a year to properly mobilize our forces to match up. But, Putin has to know that if NATO gets any whiff that he intends to challenge NATO turf, that he will get crushed.