Should society declaw the metaphorical "Russian bear"

(I presumed that "declaw the Russian bear" means: get rid of it's military) We shouldn't declaw the Russian bear primarily because we can't do it without dying ourselves. There are two ways to actually win with Russia, economically or militarily. We shouldn't be doing either. Russia has a vast assortment of nuclear weapons that it can and will use if it becomes desperate. That means global annihilation if we try direct action. We can also wage a proxy war, even though that won't be any more successful. If we do fight proxies, by winning we would press Russia into a nuclear attack openly supporting that war. We can also fight economically. Let's look at a bit of history for this. Reagan led to the fall of the soviet union simply by spending. He spent so much that the SU simply didn't make it. They ran out of money, stopped supporting armies in provinces, and the whole shenanigan fell. That was great, except for the fact that it crippled the US economy as well. Nowadays, despite the fact that Russia isn't doing well, America isn't either. We have the whole housing price affair, and there were things before that too. America can take down Russia economically, but it will end up in the same grave. Even if we did find a way to win with Russia with minimal losses, nobody will be there to actually implement the plan. USA is tired after long wars, it has a bit more than a million troops active and they're all tied up retreating from Afghanistan. Besides, can you imagine selling the American public yet another war? NATO too, can't help out. 1/3 of Europe is dependant on Russian oil, all Putin has too do to stop seroius action is stop the flow of oil. Politicians in Poland are already planning to "surrender immediately if war breaks out". And then we have China. China is in it's own little world, trading with Russia and stopping Western sanctions from taking effect. But lets say there is a possibility, that someone stood up with a great plan and a nation willng to carry it out. The "Russian bear" is declawed, and everybody is happy (theoretically). But what will then happen to Russia? You see, Americans don't really understand that Russia has a completely different culture. Russians evolved in the time of autocracy and leaders who trodded on their subjects. Being called to his royal palace either meant death or a serious promotion. The had Chinggis Khan, Poles, Czars, untill the bolshevik revolution. Then, instead of a Czar, they had a "First Secretary", who managed to worsen the people's situation. And then the soviet union collapses, and in come the "presidents" Putin, the most recent one, cut all media and practiced strict control. So, in reality, the Czar and First Secretary and President didn't really differ that much. Russia was always autocratic. When Russia falls, USA (if it exists) will most likely invest in it and try to make it a democracy yet again. The Russians will organize themselves, "elect" another autocratic leader, and start the whole thing over again. Except now they know their weaknesses one downfall better. And they just might want revenge. This is why we simply can't be declawing the Russian bear. In the event of nuclear warfare, only the coacroaches will win. Economic warfare kills the nation attempting as well. There just isn't any way out.