I kind of agree, but there must be a red line. Otherwise ... well the diplomacy and sanctions approach proved rather problematic historically:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney_War (or "Sitzkrieg")
And, most ridiculous of all:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_betrayal#Beginning_of_...
There is a point where war is unavoidable, and the problem with fights between 2 parties is simple: if one party believes it is in a fight ... you're in a fight. It does not matter what the other party thinks.
If Putin believes we're at war with Russia, we are at war with Russia and we will need to fight. Fight a little or a lot? Today we could fight a little. Tomorrow we will have to fight a lot.