It sounds like you are overacting . You should learn to tolerate it . <| sep |> Coup not a sovereign country in that moment . Geopolitics is not about hey , we ' re not going to fuck with you , really . It ' s either you have the ability to exert influence and pursue your nation ' s interests or you don ' t . The world stage is an ever changing playing field , you can ' t rule anything out . I can ' t believe i have to draw this parallel every time , but what if there was a coup in Canada , or Mexico , or even Cuba ? What do you think the US would do ? They already are holding Guantanamo bay which is a part of a sovereign nation , mind you hostage , do you think they would blink twice if an opportunity to intervene presented itself ? Hell , America doesn ' t need an excuse to send it ' s military anywhere in the world , let alone it ' s back yard . And Crimea , if not the whole of Ukraine is historically part of Russia . The argument i hear back is , well , we know the US is fucked up , but why does Russia have to be that way too ? Precisely because the US is playing the game right and winning . They have extended their influence all over the globe to secure their interests . Russia has no choice but to play the same game . Like it or not , but the world is not run by algorithms and scientists who optimize good living for everyone . It ' s run by living , selfinterested human beings . It ' s a fight for resources and survival every step of the way , that ' s just the nature of life . With current technologies , the world ' s resources are finite . The people at the top know this , and they are not trying to ensure everyone gets theirs . Putin ' s philosophy at the moment is that we need multipolar world , with multiple centers of influence . Whether or not that is better for humanity than having a sole world power is another conversation entirely .