Like I said.

If russia had maintained the peace and not slipped into dictatorship , then there would be no need for NATO and it would quietly end.

It is plausible. Done before can be done again.

Bullcrap and you know it.  2009-ish Tea Party Plank would die in committee. And that's being a realist. At least, you've dropped the Reagan argument..

Кремлевская табакерка

Another reason for total mobilization in Russia has been named

Philosopher Aleksandr Dugin believes that the reason and even the “obvious cause” for the total mobilization of several million people could be the death of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Mikhail Gudkov in the Kursk region. “The military leader who died at the hands of the enemy showed the most striking example of the tragic but heroic future that awaits many Russians. He approached the enemy in order to inflict damage on him, and shed his blood in order to defeat the vile Kiev regime and its patrons. This is probably the best death for a military man, he immediately became a real saint. And he set an example for many Russians,” Aleksandr Gelyevich said in a conversation with us.

In his opinion, Gudkov showed that “to die for the Motherland is the highest honor.” “I think that after this many of our men will be inspired, they will want to join the army, beat the enemy, shed their blood in a holy war, become participants in the Third World War, which is inevitable, and go down in history. That is why I consider the death of such a high-ranking military leader a reason for total mobilization. When else to carry it out, if not now, when we see the feat of a real Russian Warrior before our eyes?” Dugin explained his position.

He continues to assert that carrying out total mobilization and replenishing the army by several million people is a matter of time. The military with whom we spoke on this matter are waiting for mobilization. But they do not think that it will be total.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5876

If Trump gives Ukraine to Russia in 2025 he gives Congress to the Democrats in 2026.

I asked for a plan that was plausible.

A Biden continuation has been averted, and I think we should be thankful for that.  And to...  Trump, Thune, and Johnson......    They need to understand that the guiding prinicpals of their base is fiscal restraint.    We will be watching.