Anne Applebaum on Slate tonight wants us to hear her out and consider a full military war with Russia.

I guess Putin is just crazy enough to do stuff he shouldn’t rationally do, like engage in a war with a willing combatant that is better equipped and would surely win - but not so crazy to escalate and do stuff he really, really shouldn’t rationally do when the shit plays out poorly for him.

Best-case, quasi-dictator learns his lesson and never again will another try to test the world order, like all the other times. Worst-case, you know, whatever. Death or Glory, rapture, the machines were going to do it eventually so better we do it, can’t live forever -something like that.