Have you still not figured out that we have to prepare for war to not be dragged into one?
It is one thing to be "prepared for war".
And it is an entirely different thing to actively promote wars (which is what the West and NATO are doing right now). America dragged itself into Ukraine, when Ukraine does not impact on the national interests of the USA. But when Obama should have acted regarding Crimea, he chickened out.
If America focuses on its own border, and its own national security no one will go to war with the USA. The only reason Mexico is waging "war" (undeclared but real all the same) with America, is because American governments refused to shut down the southern border and build a proper wall to keep out illegals. Pouring millions of illegals into the USA (along with fentanyl and all kinds of illegal drugs) is in fact warfare. Trade with Mexico should have come to a halt a long time ago. Instead there is more trade with Mexico than many other countries.
And the Mexicans are simply laughing at the "stupid gringos". They are even claiming that they are "re-claiming" the territories from the USA, which they lost some time back. Texas has more Latinos than Whites. Whose choice was that? Who forgot about Alamo?
If the American governments had been vigilant for the past several decades, and blocked China from infiltrating the USA at all levels (while handing it all its industries and advanced technology, and making it prosperous at the expense of Americans) China would have been another poor Communist country. Trump tried to reverse this trend with tariffs, but it was already too late. All the pharmaceuticals and medical supplies in the West come from China.
But now that it is wealthy at the expense of the USA (and the West), it is waging "asymmetrical warfare" and the politicians still don't get it. And if NATO attacks Russia, Russia will unleash nuclear weapons, and China will gladly help to decimate Europe.
Actually Putin is right to bash the Biden administration. He says -- and rightly so -- that America should be protecting its own border, not chasing after Ukraine's border (which is a lost cause). As long as Trump was in office, Putin minded his own business. Eastern Europe and the former countries of the Soviet Union are none of America's business. They may be Putin's business, but that is only because he wants to re-create the Russian empire. And it is up to the eastern European countries to protect themselves. They have had plenty of time to do so, but have done nothing. Now they want to join NATO, when they have no connection to the North Atlantic Sea.