All the bad things that russia’s doing to us - do we do any of it?
Some, not all. And we're way less capable at the stuff we do.
If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying?
This question has been rattling around in my head for a few days. Here's what I'd say. There is no official government position on this stuff. It's not like a war, where you have to try to provide some semblance of justification to the public. This stuff, by its very nature, is not known by the public. So, all you have is the justifications of a bunch of individual dudes in the U.S. government, which can vary wildly. Everything from "ease the suffering of children of the world" to "own the libs" to "whatever my GRU spymaster tells me to do."