I don't necessarily disagree with your position -- I keep vacillating between "do more" and "be prudent."
But I would ask you to answer this question honestly:
If the mere suggestion/threat of Russian nukes can paralyze all of NATO and the West, what is to stop Putin from picking off one country after another while saying "And you can't do anything about it, because we have nukes."
Do we allow him to conquer every single non-NATO former Soviet republic?
My opinion?
We do exactly what we're doing now. This administration has handled this very well so far, IMO.
1) Support for the non-NATO countries, weapons, rations, aid, intelligence, and financially.
2) Keep sanctions in place, putting more restrictive ones as need be. We're just starting to see their impact on the supermarkets there, wait a few more weeks and see what it looks like.
3) Keep putting pressure on what remaining allies they have.
4) Do what we can for opposition groups inside of Russia, getting non-state approved information out.
5) The POS is 70 and likely in bad health from many reports. I guess at some point you cross your fingers and pray someone takes him out or dies in his sleep, and someone less bad (hard not to be) takes over.
If we stick to these, they're going to have a hell of a time opening up other theaters in other fmr. Soviet states. They'll likely only bleed out faster.
Another question -- if we are so afraid to use our military against a global bully that is murdering babies, the elderly, targeting hospitals and schools -- why the F---K are we spending BILLIONS on conventional weapons if we aren't willing to use them to stop humanitarian atrocities and the attack on a sovereign state?
Are we keeping them to ourselves? Also, if a NATO country is attacked, we would very much be using them, IMO. That has clearly been NATO's line in the sand stance since this started.
Also, I could post 40 news stories on atrocities by other POS dictators in East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Are you suggesting we roll in with M1A1s, F-22s and our big swinging dicks to take care of them all? Serious, that's my honest question to you.