The US cannot appear weak or lose their position as global leader because despite our action or inaction with Russia, the fact still stands that we have the strongest military and our nation spends more money than any other nation in the world on our military. Appearances and false narratives mean nothing if you are backed by facts.

Although our nations disagree on fundamental beliefs of government, the United States has no authority to govern other nations. The tensions with Russia are strictly American-born. After WW2 the red scare and irrational fear of communism overtaking our nation has set the precedent for how we treat communist nations which compete with the US globally. Rather than viewing Russia as our enemy or competitor, we should lead by example and STAY OUT OF RUSSIA. Further US intervention will only prove their government's false narrative about the US that we are corrupt, violent, and want to disrupt their way of life and destroy their country.