I mean my god they seem absolutely committed to driving us all off a cliff to hang on to their already-collapsing hegemony. Is there literally anything short of getting their teeth kicked in by a nuclear launch that could convince the leaders of "the free world" to once, just fucking once, willingly take the L?
I don't want to die in the opening cutscene of a Fallout game because whoever the hell is in charge of Germany these days decided to get into a pissing match with fucking Putin of all people.
"So what, we're supposed to let Putin do whatever he wants because he has nukes and threatens to use them like a bully?!"
Well yeah, when somebody breaks into your home and puts a gun to your child's head you don't dare them to shoot. They already won by reaching a position to administer that threat.