The Russo-Ukrainian War’s Dangerous Slide into Total Societal Conflict

It is Poetin and his ilk that chose to do a full scale destruction and they should face the consequences of this decision, the west cannot afford to do nothing this time because both international and domestic actors are trying to pull the rug underneath the liberal democratic system that brought a lot of people wealth and peace. We will see where this will lead up to.

>Western actions to save Ukraine and stabilize European security have, perhaps unwittingly, done their part to fuel an escalatory spiral with Russia

The West has already tried hard to avoid this "escalatory spiral" in 2014, that's why there's now a full-scale war.