Macgregor strayed from reality in his very first sentence. Loosing its war to conquer Ukraine would not be an existential threat to Russia. Perhaps to the Putin regime, but not for Russia as a nation. Ukraine is not a military threat to Russia. NATO has no plans or desire to invade Russia.
“NATO has no plans or desire to invade Russia.”
This is why I don’t like to spend much time on FR. A *long time ago* I used to “think” this way too. It does bother me how I could have been that brainwashed.