>the US are depicted as the 'good guys' for moving troops abroad and next to Russia and for threatening a pipeline between Russia and Germany. NATO is a big al

>the US are depicted as the 'good guys' for moving troops abroad and next to Russia and for threatening a pipeline between Russia and Germany. NATO is a big alliance. Poland is in NATO. The U.S. is the strongest military power by a large margin. Russia is amassing troops next to a country they've already invaded (see Crimea). I don't see the dissonance here.