Why?

As an American, why should I be involved in a war between Israelis and Arabs in a distant part of the world? Especially since the Arabs in this case have done us little harm. Those who did us the most harm were from our “ally” Saudi Arabia.
As an American, why should I be involved in a border war between Russia and Ukraine?
As an American, why should I be involved in subverting the legitimate government of Syria? Allegedly for “democracy” but actually to suppress Christians and bring into power the Islamic jihadists who damaged us severely not long ago.
As an American, why should my representatives be trying to force a sodomite agenda in countries around the world?
Congresspersons waving Ukrainian flags on the House floor as they voted is stupid and treasonable. What would Washington or any American before recent times think of this?
It has recently been revealed that two generals were ready to ignore President Trump’s orders on the morning of January 6. One of them said it made him sick to think of Trump being President again. This official’s personal feelings allow him to disregard legal orders, a court-martial offense. There are now no soldiers at the top of the armed forces, only childish bureaucrats.
He was able to do this because everybody he knows in his power position feels the same way. They think they belong to a wise and righteous elite that is entitled to disregard law when their petty emotions are invoked. Especially since they all share six-figure salaries which they mistakenly believe they deserve.
That is the way we are governed now, by emotions. Illegal aliens are allowed in by the millions because liberals don’t like not being nice to people. We can’t hurt their feelings by telling them they can’t vote. (And because Republicans have always favoured cheap labour, one of their few consistent policies.) It is OK to steal elections because it rewards minorities against past discrimination. The poor suffering murderer who does not want to be executed excites sympathy from such people. The victim deprived of life is gone and no longer in their attention.
Emotional responses to public questions always involve short-sighted and self-referential perspectives. Republicans rail against Palestinian immigrants while voting for mass immigration for the last 50 years.
Bush, our first Trotskyite President, blabs meaningless emotional blather like “new world Order” while conniving to bring about illegal, falsely justified, and failed wars.
They are now pumping up hostility to China. It is true that China is expansive and has acquired some leverage over us. However, every advantage they enjoy results from what our government and Big Business gave them at the expense of Americans.
But the "hate Russia" posture of our Establishment is, alas, emotional only in its popular propaganda. It is deeply cynical and exploitive.
Why should we be taught to hate Russia? Such hatred has no relationship to any genuine American interest.
The fall of the Soviet Union was one of the most glorious events in history. It promised a future of peaceful association, a lessening of conflict all over the world, and a tremendous downsizing of dangerous and expensive military. It was even thought that American taxpayers would get a wonderful “peace dividend.” (I am still waiting.)
How did U.S. leaders greet this opportunity for peace? Neoliberals and neoconservatives sent supposed experts to handle transition from the Communist economy. The result was the creation of crooked oligarchs who looted Russia’s resources on a gigantic scale, creating massive public discontent with the Western-engineered new regime.
We are now told to hate Russia. Why? Because corrupt capitalists have been curtailed? Because the country is enjoying a revival of real Russian nationalism and Christianity? Because many Americans are unable to recover from the enmity of the Cold War? Because some influential Americans have a visceral hate of Russia that has nothing to do with American or world interest? Because the military/industrial complex is far too profitable and powerful to suffer any reduction?
The U.S. is now more heavily armed and involved around the world (often clandestinely) than it was in the Cold War, and is becoming an unpopular imperial regime. Who is responsible for this, and why are they doing it?
Whatever happened to the idea that the federal government was “to provide for the common defense”?