> If Europe wants to check Russian expansion, they can do that. But it’s none of America's business. Neither Russia nor China seems willing play by the rules o

> If Europe wants to check Russian expansion, they can do that. But it’s none of America's business. Neither Russia nor China seems willing play by the rules of a rules-based international order. OK, fine, that puts us into power politics — which means we get to make it our business, for reasons we deem sufficient. We're not bad guys for preferring, and exerting our muscle to seek, a Eurasian continent that's not dominated by China and Russia (and Iran), whose governments think it's OK to imprison or defenestrate dissenters or to blow up insurrectionists' planes in mid-air. Does that touch off Russian- and Chinese cries of "unfair" American hegemony-seeking? Tough shit — FAFO.