Dear Debra. I recognize that you make an effort to be well informed. But your preconceived notion that the United States is the cause of all the evils in the world results that you do not see a tree from the forest or the park. To your defense, you are in a good company.
For people with your mindset, this year I posted eight articles about Ukraine on Medium. I hope you do not expect me copy and paste paragraphs from these articles addressing your arguments. The last of these articles is this one: https://hak1010.medium.com/ukraine-what-might-happen-next-2c486bb9d0d1?sk=3481e7b1641e9028ed7bc344b72a853a. By the end of that article you find the links to the previous seven.
I do not expect that my arguments change your mind. But if you seek a mutually respectful conversation, you need to know about my arguments as much as I know about yours.