I think you and me are singing from the same hymn sheet here mon ami (for a change!) Why on earth do the Yanks and the UN keep on pushing NATO in the Russian Bear's face and antagonising Putin.

NATO are now pushing Finland and Sweden to join up. Bonkers or what?

Putin would have no qualms whatsoever in raising Helsinki and Stockholm to the ground. When next door's Alsatian walks past I never give it a crafty kick in the goolies. Let sleeping dogs (and bears) lie is my philosophy.