Ironically its being in NATO that has stayed the US hand so far.
Imagine what the war pigs in Washington would do without that constraint.
I’d say the power elite over here isn’t much better than Russian oligarchy. Look at all the propaganda they use. The government bureaucracy and its friendly media are just tools to control our lives, our words, our elections, our information and our opinion. Something they don’t want you to know?
They redact the hell out it or lose the documents. Vote for the wrong guy with a different plan for America? They fix the election. The court rules against them? They threaten the judges or pack the court. Protest too hard? They keep you in a filthy DC jail. The one thing they haven’t done yet is threaten to use nukes on us. But that lying SOB threaten tanks and planes if we get too frisky. That’s just the political stuff. That doesn’t include the economic tyranny they impose. It’s not about serving the people or keeping us informed.