Is There a Vacuum of Power?

I think that we did not start this war and I should not apologize for it. The very fact of NATO expansion in and of itself to me is not an argument for marching into a nation and just basically declaring by fiat and force that this now belongs to you. And one could argue with my reasoning, but I guess it really comes down ultimately because there's lots of arguments that could be made on either side. But again, if you're compelled to choose a lane, which lane are you in? And I know which lane I'm in.