No event in recent memory has unified Europe and the US as Putin’s attack on Ukraine has done. Across the spectrum, everyone (outside of Russian hardliners) agrees that Russia is the main aggressor and villain in this conflict. Yet a number of commentators and experts continue to blame America and its NATO allies for letting it reach this point. They argue that the NATO countries bear responsibility for this catastrophe, due their actions (and inactions) over the last decades. These critics make some good — and some irrefutable — points. But their arguments also reveal ideological blinders and gaps in logic.