[jgwil2]

I don't think you can really call this escalation. Escalation would be responding to military force in kind. Instead, the West is is confining itself to economic sanctions and material support. I don't really see how they can do less, frankly, without risking emboldening Putin to strike at Poland or the Baltics (thus involving NATO).

[jacquesm]

But we could do more... if Russia can use 'little green men' then so can we.

[dorgo]

and we do: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/latvia-allows-its-citiz...