> Pointing out that the US has troops in other countries, and a massive military in general, does not address the point. US doesn't have an army on the Russian

> Pointing out that the US has troops in other countries, and a massive military in general, does not address the point. US doesn't have an army on the Russian border because it's at least an ocean away, so asking 'how many US forces at the Russian border' is naive at bedt and comparing apples to oranges at worst. You are clearly are separating US from NATO, which is technically correct but absolutely ignores how US sees the world.