All's Fair in Love and War, Tom Freidman.

 That's why we should actively work to avoid wars, not encourage them. Did you not think Russia would respond to our economic actions with acts of their own?  Did you think OPEC would remain... "loyal" to American interests, Tom?

On Wednesday, with the world already heading toward recession and with the global oil and natural gas market already tight, the OPEC Plus cartel, which includes Russia, agreed to collectively reduce its output by two million barrels a day — to ensure oil prices don’t retreat, but instead go back over $100 a barrel and stay there...
Putin’s motivation for this price hike is no mystery. With his army in Ukraine suffering steady loses of territory — and his having annexed portions of Ukraine that he doesn’t even control — Putin has one hope before he’s forced to do something really reckless: squeeze the supply and jack up the price of oil and gas high enough to force the European Union to abandon both Kyiv and Washington and accept his annexations in return for a cease-fire and resumption of Russian energy exports.

Let's just hope it's only economic help being given Russia, and another superpower doesn't step in to help stock Russia with upgraded weaponry, or send military advisers of their own to counter the US presence in the region.

Maybe we should have paid more attention to the Biden business dealings in Ukraine before we elected him to lead our country at this time of worldwide military crisis? Not saying he's not the legitimate American prez, just... we can do so much better than this, acting surprised when our "enemies" fight back fairly with the economic -- and military -- tools at their disposal.

War is hell for people who have to live through it, boys.  Get that through your thick skulls.  It isn't like mowing the lawn at all.  Myth.