Thanks Jerry Holbert for the laugh that I needed this gray, rainy morning.
For my two cents, I have decided on my own limited anecdotal observations that Putin wants to reinstate the Cold War and that the leaders of the U.S. are perfectly willing to return to the Cold War. Putin wants Russia to be relevant, the U.S. leadership doesn't know how to make that happen without feeling that they have given away being number one in the world. Not to mention that we still have the PRC to interact with on a regular basis. So, we return to our political comfort zones--was Mearsheimer correct, do we miss the Cold War?
