We do the exact same thing with their enemies, right in their backyard.
We left the Russians with no choice economically to associate with the countries they do by imposing the sanctions we have imposed on them.
We're as much, if not more, to blame than they are.
And, yes, the left is the primary aggressor in all of this. Obama and Biden have been much aggressive toward Russia than Trump was. It's was Obama's Deep State the started the Russian collusion nonsense and spread the lie that Russia was paying off the Taliban to kill American troops in Iraq, a lie that repeated by RINO Liz Cheney.
The Russian people generally view America favorably. Most have no desire for Americans to be their enemies. I know -- I've watched hundreds of hours of Russian YouTube.
Russia is not North Korea or China. It's population is much more comparable in its values to red state America.
Like, who? Poland? Who Russia is attacking for made up "humanitarian" disasters with all these Muslims they shipped in from Iraq? Or do you mean Japan, another country Russia is harassing and trying to intimidate on behalf of Communist China?
Big difference between Poland, or Japan, or South Korea, or even Ukraine, or Georgia, from a communist or a Muslim in Iran who thinks we're the Great Satan and who are working on nuclear weapons to kill millions of us.
We left the Russians with no choice economically
When? Since Soviet Union times? These alliances are not new. And why wouldn't Russia try to ally with Poland or Japan or Ukraine instead of threatening them? Isn't that better than making friends with actual communist insurgents in South America or communist regimes like China? Instead of making friends with western countries, they undermine them and ally with their genocidal enemies.
Obama and Biden have been much aggressive toward Russia than Trump was.
That's not actually true. Trump put on them more than a dozen sanctions or so, pulled out of the bullshit INF treaty which the Russians were violating anyway for decades with no response from Obama or anyone else (he was also the only President to even TALK about revitalizing our nuclear missiles, which are in a state of decay and may actually be hitting their expiration dates soon--meanwhile, Russia and China are both advancing their nuclear weapons illegally), not to mention all the military aid he provided to Ukraine while Obama was just sending blankets, and of course all of Trump's support for all of Russia's other enemies: Poland, for example, actually mourned when the election was stolen from Trump. They're not ALL ungrateful bastards for what we do for them!
The Russian people generally view America favorably.
Considering the amount of times I've seen Russian soldiers--even during the Trump years--burning American flags, I'm not so sure that's really true.
Slavs in general are pretty screwed up--hence the weird combinations we see where Slavs are walking around with Hitler and Stalin photographs at the same time, or the amount of Russians who believe and agree that Putin has done false flag terrorist attacks on his own people but support him anyway.
In any case, if you think Russian elections are in any way legitimate, I have a bridge to sell you in San Francisco. The opinion of the Russian people is utterly irrelevant to the Russian government's activity.
Russia is not North Korea or China
You're right, they're the third country in that group that--if a world war ever broke out--would be nuking us.
They're allies and support each other. That's a fact.