It’s real, as discussed starting in the following sub-thread. Short version is that shifting the blame to NATO has become the fallback position for politicians and pundits who spent years making excuses for Putin until the invasion made them laughable.
It comes easier for brocialists and “Dirtbag Leftists” and pseudo-progressives like Greenwald because they can integrate this BS narrative into a somewhat reality-based history of American imperialism. It also works for fascist “American First” isolationists since it’s consistent with their opposition to U.S. involvedment in NATO, the UN, etc.
