Since when did the US and NATO allowed sovereign governments to join anti-NATO and anti-US alliances? How is China an enemy? A nation that has at least 2,000 years of history, and does not have a colonial past the way Western countries had. China is the threat to US influence by de facto being a rising country that looks after its own interest. The US interferes all the time in other countries' politics. They interfered with Ukrainian politics and their elections. The US had involvement in the 2014 coup in Ukraine. What was Victoria Nuland doing on the ground in Ukraine, on vacation? The Russians have too much pride to let themselves be subservient to US interests the way EU countries are. Look at Germany, it tows the American line, and they're paying for it. Russia is not a threat to Germany. Russia is not at Germany's borders. You don't see T-90M tanks next door or missiles being aimed at them from next door. If Ukrainians respected democracy, they wouldn't have staged a coup against a democratic government. They banned Party of Regions. Why can't a country democratically vote to have economic ties with Russia? It is logical to have economic ties with your neighbors, even if you don't agree on things. Diplomacy is important. Democracy for thee, but not for me.