And I would argue that Europe is the host region, just as on a...

And I would argue that Europe is the host region, just as on a smaller scale Ukraine is the host country.

NATO is controlled by the US. NATO's anti Russia aggression, which provoked the Russian invasion, has been a disaster for Europe. A disaster economically and a disaster in terms of the millions of people displaced, or physically and emotionally shattered, or killed.

Europe was progressing peacefully until the US significantly wrecked it.