The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022, has its background in the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by the United States (US) and its Western allies during the Cold War (1947-1991) to provide collective security against the communist Soviet Union. Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, NATO continued its offense against Russia by adding former Soviet Union countries as members. In 1999, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic joined NATO. In 2004, seven more countries joined. Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia were now the last post-Soviet countries left between Russia and NATO. Ukraine and Georgia both wanted to join NATO for a long time making them prime targets for Russia. Ukraine became a NATO partner in 1994 which brought it a step closer to becoming a member. In 2013, it was going to sign an association agreement with the European Union but when it came time to sign the deal Ukraine’s pro-Russian government refused. To prevent NATO’s influence from reaching its borders, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, launched a “special military operation” on Ukraine. The US therefore has had a special role to play in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Other than its role in starting the conflict, one can look at the two radically different responses it has had with regards to it: the first, by President Joe Biden, in whose term in office the full-scale invasion........

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