I wish that your comment were taken better here (other than the "poking the bear" analogy; I don't agree Russia should have worried about the NATO alliance or taken it as a threat). No one should be rushing in to fight a war, we need to figure out how to make such things as this invasion impossible in the future, and figure out how to fight at a higher level than using violence and weaponry. Until humanity realizes that, even in the face of violence, violence is not the answer, we won't get anywhere, we'll just keep fighting. I feel for the Ukrainians, but I also feel for dozens of other groups of peoples all over the world who are oppressed or who have lost their independence (even some in the "enlightened" Western Democratic sphere), and I don't advocate war in those situations any more than here.