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Nonsense

Russia has been attacking most western countries since at least 2014, using active measures and numerous murders on foreign soil. Rus has also actively permitted ransomware gangs to work in their country as long as they attack only the west, and the result has already shut down at least hospitals and petrol supplies for the US for over a week; maybe not 'official' RUS govt hackers, but still condoned. I could go on...

This entirely unjustified assault on UKR, replete with blatnat war crimes, is merely a new escalation that finally got everyone's attention.

>>What if it doesn't stop at mutual hacking? both USA and Russia armed forces have ASAT weapons. What next? Yes, this is the picture - escalation, until the escalation stops.

But unilateral disarmament because one is afraid of consequences is not a viable path. The only way to fight dictators, despots, and authoritarians is to fight them. They do not stop by themselves, they only stop when others force them to stop. This is a very unpleasant task, but it must be done.