What about our “aggression” in former Yugoslavia? In the end we peeled off a chunk of Serbia, built an American base constructed for the ages on it (Bondsteel) and it’s still a little NATO statelet being babysat by NATO troops. Kosovo was the last straw for the Russians. That’s when Putin came to power. (And he warned Kosovo set a dangerous example, citing Transnistria as an example.) Did borders count then? How about Libya? Iraq? Syria? Looks like a case of “rules for thee but not for me.”
Nice try.
I was opposed to the US getting involved in the Balkans in the 1990s.
As for Libya, when did we invade Libya? We bombed Ghaddafi’s HQ in 1986 and we fired some cruise missiles at it in 2011. No boots on the ground and no invasion.
And Syria? Terrorist hunting. Just as Russia did (and is still doing).