We’re just going to disagree as “menacing” as Russia might at times be to us we’ve got bigger problms to contend with left unaddressed because our money is funding not just Ukraines military but their teachers, police and a host of other daily responsibilities of their government for them. ....Further I don’t see our funds doing what your saying they should be doing right here in the US.
I will also add I don’t see Russia doing anything our goverrnment and Eu governments don’t also do....or have done in the past. This is why other countries see the US as equally meanacing if not in some cases moreso than Russia.
What we’re doing in Ukraine has not made me have any sense of being more secure as you stated, quite the opposite as it also has Europe and other countries.
At the strategic level, Russia regards the United States as its principal enemy. After all, without US backing, NATO would be hard pressed to block Russian expansion.
Since Europe in the aggregate is a massive economic and technological power and the cultural heartland of Western civilization, we fought two World Wars and the Cold War and formed NATO for the sake of Europe's freedom and security. And with NATO and Europe's security at stake in Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion, our interests are also at stake in that fight. If the Russian invasion of Ukraine fails, Europe's security and freedom and ours improve considerably.
You are, of course, not obliged to agree with any of that, but I hope that I have made a clear enough case to allow you to understand why and NATO we are helping Ukraine.