Oh, now I get the mowing lawn expression. Ha. Thanks for explaining.

I think Poland's hatred toward Russia equip the nation with the sufficient motivation to defeat her (ha), and we'll know beforehand if Russia is serious about invading another country. We knew Russia was planning to attack Ukraine months before it happened, so preemptively attacking Russia because some rich jerk mouths off would be extremely reckless and detested by Europeans.

American culture tends to resort to violence before exhausting negotations while most nations prefer to avoid war at all costs. The silly Freedom Fries saga during the Iraq war captured American's attitude toward France's hesitancy to engage in war and demonstrated the US' carelessness for life. Unfortunately, US intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan killed millions and displaced millions more, yet the pro-war agenda continues.

The West is far from passive and submissive - it's aggressive. The public doesn't even consider alternatives to deadly conflicts and believes Western morals are superior. It seems like people care more about the US' powerful image than conserving American and foreign lives. It's a very sad world.