Has Russia EVER hesitated to “goad” us by arming OUR enemies? To this day, they cause trouble for us in Cuba and Venezuela. By Putin’s logic, we ought to be able to invade those countries just as he’s invaded Ukraine.
Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union for over 60 years and there are a lot of ethnic Russians living there, for one reason or another. We have no connection to Cuba or Venezuela. The closest we’ve come to directly opposing the Russians was in Korea, and we were supporting different countries. And since Russia is no longer communist, I’m not as ideologically opposed to them as before.