@DetroitDan the US government I hope commissions studies considering conflict with every country on earth and how to prosecute it. that’s the job of the security sector, to study contingencies, including very ugly ones. since 2014, the US has certainly treated Russia with more skepticism and less generosity than it did previously. no doubt in various ways we sought to apply pressure and create discomfort, in response to the dismemberment of a neighboring state. but only Russia invaded.