@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime
The thing to note is that on previous occasions on which America has been taken into a war (as it might be Iran, or Afghanistan) politicians of the other party from the President may have disapproved, but that didn't make them a] dispute that the other "side" was having war at all and b] vilify the President no matter what he did, as simply a continuation of automatically saying that anything he did an the USA was wrong because of who he was.
The attitude seems to be "there is no war because Ukraine has always been part of Russia, but if there is then it's none of our business and Biden is wrong to get involved not because of the rights and wrongs of the case but just because he is Biden." With a side-helping of "And anyway, Putin is always right because Trump likes him."
I find that definitely dispiriting.
Meanwhile, I've always heard Russia spoken of as "Mother Russia" when Russians were being depicted as patriotic, but I have noticed that on the news at the moment, Putin is said to be speaking of his country as "The Fatherland". Neither is a proper translation of the actual phrase used (which I think is more like to "our nurturing soil" than to either), but isn't it interesting that when they are not attacking anyone the homeland is a mother, when they are being aggressors it's a father. The English (I can't speak for the British, because I don't know this about all the four nations involved) do the same about themselves as they are now doing about the Russians: it's John Bull when there's a war on, Britannia when there isn't. I don't know whether Americans think of America as male or female, and if so, whether that changes when they are at war? Or is it always Uncle Sam?
All of that is so very true!! At the run up to Pearl Harbor there were plenty of 'America 1st-ers' (not a Doofus invention
at all) in Congress and in the public eye, but even if things got 'heated' the debate was still on the issue, not on the character of FDR or others who were for furthering Lend/Lease and possibly sending military support. Of course, after we were attacked, they all changed their tunes. Interestingly enough, one of the most vocal Isolationists was Charles Lindbergh, also an (in)famous anti-semite. I remember my dad (WWII vet) muttering under his breath "He's no hero" whenever 'Lucky Lindy' and his famous flight was mentioned.
I never thought much about 'gendering' the US as in Uncle Sam vs Lady Liberty. You don't much hear anyone call the US by either name, unless it's in the media or political propaganda. I think it would be more to do with the impression the speaker/organization was trying to give. If they were trying to justify sending troops they'd probably use 'Lady Liberty' to imply that we were 'freeing' an oppressed people. If they just wanted to point out 'American war superiority' they'd probably use 'Uncle Sam'. So...."'Lady Liberty' may send troops to Ukraine, but 'Uncle Sam' will kick their ass".
Aren't I right in remembering that Hitler referred to Germany as 'das Vaterland'? So, I wonder if Putin is being mistranslated with an intentional purpose, because to me a translation of 'our nurturing soil' would more naturally be 'motherland'. Not that it matters I guess, he's closer to Hitler in intent, so if they choose to use 'Fatherland' to show his intent, it's fine with me.