Those statements, while mostly true, do not explain what interest the US has in preventing Russia from doing as they please with Georgia.
[Those statements, while mostly true, do not explain what interest the US has in preventing Russia from doing as they please with Georgia.]
In the long run, we will either stop their expansion or be conquered by them. Risk is a deceptively simple game, but it captures the essence of empire building - the more land you capture, the more resources you get and the easier it is to capture your next slice of land. Russia is a massive country, almost the size of Canada and the US combined, with huge amounts of resources. We don’t need it getting any bigger.