If you forgive me for saying this, your first line sounds like you were a Russian writing this from Russia. Because it would make more sense - think about it.

How is Ukraine "our literal back yard"? It is half a planet away! What is USA doing there? On the other hand, it is Russia's literal back yard. Actually, more than that, it used to be former Russian territory and they care about the people on it not being bombed.

For that matter, what is the "north atlantic treaty organization" doing with Georgia, which is the Black Sea?

The answer, of course, is obvious. NATO is a military alliance against Russia. And now, QUAD is a military alliance against China. We will try to surround them, and they'll try to resist, like a cornered animal. Then they'll use military force to prevent being totally surrounded with nukes (which is what they believe will happen if they do absolutely nothing like a "good actor"). And their neighbors (e.g. Ukraine, Taiwan) will carry heavy losses.

OR ... we could just stop this cold war proxy war nonsense, and spare places like Vietnam, Laos, Ukraine, Taiwan, etc. Because they're the ones that have to pay the price, not us. And we know that. If it was OUR cities being bombed, we'd do more to avoid the war.