And you are a force for nothing at all. You'd like to save Putin's ass, but you will be unable to gain any traction with either democrats or republicans. Americans will support the underdog. Appeasement will not prevent further conflict. It will only postpone it. If Putin doesn't get everything he wants now, he'll rebuild his army and come back in the future. Will China learn a lesson? If you intervene in our invasion of Taiwan, we'll launch nuclear weapons.
Putin is skating on thin ice. His mobilization order is being met with open resistance. If he orders a nuclear strike, it is my bet that the Russian military leadership will refuse, rather than see their own country opposed by nuclear armed US, UK and France.