You know, at present, there are two men on this earth that you do not want to be

You know, at present, there are two men on this earth that you do not want to be given a mission to end you. Sergey Shoygu and James Mattis. Because they will end you on a scale that your people will never forget. And the only thing that saves you from either one of them is the political interest of the people who they report to: Putin and Trump. And while Trump is a traditional european monarch, and Putin is a traditional Russian Tsar – and the differences those histories entail – you really do not want to provide a moral high ground or point of honor that creates an excuse for either of those men to let loose their dogs of war.