VP Joe Biden went on TV to talk trash about how we're going to make an example of Russia for their insolence.

"Why haven’t we sent a message yet to Putin,” Chuck Todd, host of the “Meet the Press” show on NBC, asked Joe Biden.

“We are sending a message [to Putin]… We have a capacity to do it, and…”

"He’ll known it?” Todd interfered.

“He’ll know it. It will be at the time of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest impact,” the US vice president replied.

Some here are skeptical, and it's right to not trust this government about anything.
As Bobswern pointed out, we are the most aggressive and active cyber war country in the world.

While that makes us hypocrites, that doesn't make this any less real.
Think about the lead-up to wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, ISIS, etc.
They were always announced ahead of time, or at least after the decision was already made.

The defining characteristic in Washington these days is hubris.
Consequences are for little people.

The Democrats have built this up to the point that a "we taught them a lesson" moment is necessary, and that requires a PR blitz to get everyone "on message".
It's standard political procedure.

Of course, Russia is not amused.

The Kremlin on Saturday slammed Washington for its "unprecedented" threats against Moscow over an alleged series of cyber attacks and vowed to respond....
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov immediately denounced Biden's remarks, saying Moscow would take precautions to safeguard its interests in the face of the increasing "unpredictability and aggressiveness of the United States".
"The threats directed against Moscow and our state's leadership are unprecedented because they are voiced at the level of the US vice president," RIA Novosti news agency quoted him as saying.
"To the backdrop of this aggressive, unpredictable line, we must take measures to protect (our) interests, to hedge risks."
And Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov vowed Moscow would respond to any US cyber attacks, saying such threats were "borderline insolence", the news agency said.

What everyone is overlooking here is what should be the most obvious question: Who has the most to lose in a cyberwar?
The answer is unquestionably, the United States.

Consider this list of the largest internet companies in the world.
The US has 13 of the top 22 internet companies in the world by revenue.
The Russia internet company, Yandex, is 23rd in the world.

By market value, the US has 13 of the top 17 internet companies in the world.
Russia isn't even on the list.

As for largest IT companies, we have 8 of the top 13.
Russia isn't even on the list.

Largest software companies, we have 7 of the top 10 in the world.
Russia isn't even on the list.

Much like going to war in Afghanistan, it's a no-win scenario. We have nothing to gain and everything to lose.