last 25 years including 2001 have been mostly a war of fame and posture.

 We can not send US Troops on the ground since they will be high profile targets either shooting at in blind civilians or not , or kidnap , or morally compromise and so on.

It is not avoiding or quitting , a good soldier in this case is like a pro boxer , you pick the fight which will keep for u the title.

u do not throw punches in the dark or a wall hoping that the guy next door knows the effect of your punch.

U r hitting a brick simple as that not man.

Fair things fair.

Ukraine is anything but a fair play for the US to seek an encounter with the Russian Federation.

The Bear may be aging and full of flees sucking her blood but so close to her lair she will seek a good bite even if that is the last breath she will ever have.

Let the bear further age...

Let the poor thing further seek greatness in Mr. Alzheimer's Arms...

Let us hope they will forget how to launch over 5000 nukes should they wake up and see how much they really fucked up.