Personally, I couldn't give a flying fcuk
if you wiped the entire half of Europe and most of Asia off the map. All I am saying this that
a. it's probably not wise to start a fight unless/until you know you are going to win. 'Probably/maybe/depending on the Politicians Will etc' doesn't cut it considering the consequences.
b. Unless you go Strategic, the West simply doesn't have the capability without at least a massive work-up time.
Pissing about with nasty words and even some little tactical manoeuvres is a waste of time.
Using my WW2 analogy, if Hitler had 300 ocean going submarines and a strategic bomber force in 1939 instead of the planned 1942, would things have turned out differently for Germany?
He was impatient. And look how that panned out. Now, it could also be argued that a quick 'bloodless' German victory followed by decades of 'cold war' may have been more preferable to how things eventuated.
In summary. Fill your boots. Don't go in half-hearted though, it'll turn to shlt for everyone.