World wars have been started for similar reasons. Putin’s cozying up to China is definitely worrying. Putin will not go quietly into the night scorned by economic sanctions I don’t think. Our world is becoming a scarier and scarier place. There Is the sense of leading to a crescendo of sorts with a very bad outcome.
I just said the same on another thread. Putin has been playing with the little usurper but may be getting tired of the game. Money and power can be made or lost during a war and the world is a tender box these days. If only we can hold off another two years but Congress and SCOTUS will need to find their huevos for that to happen.