I'm not sure that really works as a defense. The Russian making a pact with Germany despite its fanatic anti communism being common knowledge makes them even more foolish. Working hard to empower a dangerous enemy just for a short sighted land grab in Poland. Russians often try to skirt around it by saying Stalin was merely trying to buy time but him wasting resources in trying to invade Finland and then massacring the Russian officer corpse always made that claim dubius.
What the heck are you talking about?
Given how fanatically anti Europe Trump and Vance both are peace in Europe definitely isn't their goal. Those pieces of filth likely seek to directly empower Russia at our expense. And at the expense of the US too.
I distinctly remember during the first Iran deal, when I was a teenager, there was a German diplomat who told the Iranian foreign minister Zarif that 'everyone heard you' and John Kerry yelling at each other, and implied that it was his fault. Granted, he is German, but John Kerry and the US team should have reined him in. I also remember Obama giving Putin the cold shoulder after he seized Crimea.
That's generally poor form; people yell at people all the time, and if the Iranian foreign minister doesn't advocate for his country's self-interest, he gets sacked. Also, you sanction countries and apply strict penalties, but you don't act like you're better than them for having more power than them. And I am not an Iran or Russia fan by any means. If I were the US president after Ukraine got invaded, and had a means to swat down Russian MIRV missiles, I would have told the Japanese PM if you want you could get the Kuril Islands and we will help you, in exchange, you have to sign a secret pact that you would have to intervene in Taiwan if need be and deploy ground troops.
