Retreat from them? When, how? NATO has been advancing eastward since the fall of the iron curtain.
Indeed, the prospect of Ukraine becoming a NATO member is probably, rightfully perceived by Russia in about the same way as Mexico skanking around with Kaiser Bill's Germany was appreciated by the US during WW1.
I posted “do you see how their global dominance could be a problem before they land on our shores, and do you see how retreating from them in the world for a decade or two could result in them not having to invade us, but merely take us over or control us?”
That is still the question although you can change land on our shores to your attack us, which I assumed meant to attack us, aka, show up here in an attack against us.