I agree, and I think currently, even though emotionally NATO is "stronger" and more "united", after the war has been going on for a while, there is paradoxicall

I agree, and I think currently, even though emotionally NATO is "stronger" and more "united", after the war has been going on for a while, there is paradoxically a lot less appetite do anything. So the chance that it would respond is lower and so the chance for world western peace is lower as well. The scarier thing is I think Russia and China can smell that as well and may act on it. Obviously if Russia launches a nuke, NATO would respond. But what if it sends one drone to blow up a rail yard or sends a sabotage team to blow a power substation? What if it hacks and manages to paralyze all banking all communication in some East European NATO member country. Notice it wouldn't even need to accomplish any military objective, it just needs to show that NATO is bluffing.