This is some kind of idealistic thinking. Putin wants war, he doesn't care if your head of government/country has children or not. He just wants to expand his

This is some kind of idealistic thinking. Putin wants war, he doesn't care if your head of government/country has children or not. He just wants to expand his soviet union or to gain more influence or whatever the current reason for his invasions is. This "let the politicians fight it out" would only make sense if there was a real disagreement between two countries, not just one guy saying "I want your land and your people" and the other one going "fuck now, I don't want anything to do with you".