The current standoff between the Biden administration and Russia is being met with indignation by European leaders who failed to anticipate Russia's reaction. Similarly, these leaders are making the mistake of blindly following Biden into a proxy war with Russia.
The European leaders are serving an agenda that is not desired by their people as they support Biden's proxy war against Russia. They have also made a mistake by pulling a Tony Blair.
Administration officials are boasting about targeting Russian generals to be killed by US commandos on the ground in Ukraine, while Western leaders express indignation over Russia playing an obvious card. Lindsey Graham even calls for the assassination of the Russian generals.
The lack of anticipation for Russian energy strategy and the resulting crisis could have been mitigated by working out a peace deal. Going forward, a resolution should be sought for the acute energy shortfall.