The U.S. is definitely NOT pushing for war. No one wants war with Putin's Russia. But Putin's Russia is a bad actor on the world stage and have attacked the U.S. repeatedly. So we are being proactive now.
The whole "war is coming" is pushed by the US for some reason and the public buys it. As you can see it even allows the US to claim "victory" when Russia stays put.
> As you can see it even allows the US to claim "victory" when Russia stays put.
They announced a "pull back" today. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/ukraine-concerns-ease-on-rep...
I think propaganda and disinformation runs high on both sides at the moment so that it's not straightforward to get an idea of what is really going on.
There is no way to know, that's the entire point. The moment you don't take it seriously is the time they conduct a military action.