Why would we have wanted to attack the bear? There's certainly enough to criticize in US Cold War policy, given the omniscience of hindsight, but it's over we won, and we didn't roast the world on the altar of ideology. Could have been a good deal worse.
I very much doubt that anything the US has or hasn't done has anything to do with anything the Russians said. As noted earlier, from the start the US commitment was intended to be phased down as early as possible.
If you think it stinks, stand upwind... or just get used to it. The US has not accepted or been offered the role of global saviour, and as noted before, you can't "betray" someone to whom you have no obligation.
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