Lol. Your brain doesn't do nuance, does it? Either 100% one side, or 100% the other side.

Personally I grew up and spent my life in horseracing, so to me, the sales pitches need more logic than emotion, than you seem able to provide. Namecalling is for the playground.

I don't know much about Russia, but I can sense the hustle a mile away. When this particular scare tactic doesn't work as its supposed to, it will follow covid down the memory hole. By next January, as the Republicans flip the investigations from Republican skullduggery to Democratic skullduggery, it will all be yesterday's news.

Meanwhile the Europeans will be freezing in the dark, Russia will be hunkered down in Eastern Ukraine and the rest will be a real mess, as the various power centers will start fighting amongst themselves with all those weapons. Warlords and gangs are hard to displace, once they've tasted power.

Fate is a bitch.