It seems that going to war is a solution to everything. Just look at Iraq, Afganistan, Vietnam, Somalia, Korea and so on ...

I'm not saying that patting Putin on his shoulder, politely telling him to stop or ignoring the problem is a good policy. Just that the whole "Hey dude, now you pissed me off! Suck my rockets, scum!" hasn't historically made things better (with some (arguably) noticable exceptions).

Oh, um, Putin has nukes. The other ones didn't and look how well fighting with them has been going nonetheless ...