Georgia wasn’t even in talks with joining NATO or even the EU when Russia invaded it.

NATO isn’t a war bait for Russia. It has never been. Russia hasn’t decided to start this war because of NATO expansionism.

The only reason the US is getting into this is because the EU is their best client. The US has no interest in defending Ukraine. I understand that, it has been made perfectly clear ( not by you, specifically but by representatives of the US nation.)