We hoped the the Russians were going to play nice after the fall of the Soviet Union but since being assholes is ingrained in them they couldn't do it could they?
They deserve to get their asses beat in this vicious unnecessary war they started.
We treated Russia like a red headed step child after the cold war. We could have assisted them to transition from Communism to Capitalism but instead was hoping that they would totally fail in order to lay claim to their natural resources.
You forget that they were also instrumental in helping the forces of good win WWII. In fact, they sacrificed more of their own people than any other Country.