frigidweirdo
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I'm not advocating war with Russia. Just asking a theoretical question.
Here's the background to why I ask this question.
Russia is attacking the west.
uk.yahoo.com
"Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming"
en.wikipedia.org
Russian assassinations in the west.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, six in Turkey, Umar Israilov in Austria, Alexander Litvinenko in the UK along with another case where they failed, this list also doesn't have an assassination in Spain recently.
www.fpri.org
Russian interference in democracy in the west.
"In the second panel, “Have Elections Become Cyberwars?,” panelists discussed the framing of cyberwar in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and recommended U.S. responses."
The west has two choices.
1) To carry on as it's doing and try and stop these attacks, deal with them as they happen, allowing Russia to literally act like it's at war, but pretend that Russia isn't at war
2) Take out Putin, get rid of the source of the problem, send a message to China that it is not acceptable to do such things.
Here's the background to why I ask this question.
Russia is attacking the west.
Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming
About 46,000 aircraft have logged GPS problems over Baltic Sea since August, says report

"Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming"
List of Russian assassinations - Wikipedia
Russian assassinations in the west.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, six in Turkey, Umar Israilov in Austria, Alexander Litvinenko in the UK along with another case where they failed, this list also doesn't have an assassination in Spain recently.

Is Russia Undermining Democracy in the West? Conference Report - Foreign Policy Research Institute
On March 14, 2019, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy hosted a conference titled “Is Russia Undermining Democracy in the West?” as a part of its year-long “Democracy in Trouble?” series. Panelists from the military, government, and academic communities participated. The...

Russian interference in democracy in the west.
"In the second panel, “Have Elections Become Cyberwars?,” panelists discussed the framing of cyberwar in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and recommended U.S. responses."
The west has two choices.
1) To carry on as it's doing and try and stop these attacks, deal with them as they happen, allowing Russia to literally act like it's at war, but pretend that Russia isn't at war
2) Take out Putin, get rid of the source of the problem, send a message to China that it is not acceptable to do such things.