Re: Russia can also be expected to threaten Europe with more confidence; hopefully our defense spending will increase to pick up the slack. Any real threats to

Re: Russia can also be expected to threaten Europe with more confidence; hopefully our defense spending will increase to pick up the slack. Any real threats to Europe will lead to nuclear conflict. It's not 1910 - you don't need to be afraid of rifles and spending money on tanks. You can say - but the Ukraine! - well, it's not European country, and it has no valuable partners that deeply invested and pledged to protect it.