Exactly, and that is the same for every country. But you choose to engage in special pleading when it comes to Russia. We can have our spheres of influence, but we call it something else and then accuse Russia when they try to have their spheres of influence. This idiocy is how we got WW1 and all the rest.
So the USA is the only country that can’t defend itself. Where have I heard that before?
There is no “special pleading”. Don’t accuse me of that without cause. An aggressor is an aggressor; perhaps you’re engaging in special pleading yourself and projecting.