"Hey OY, want to join my big anti-Russian coalition I'm forming?!"
And if you knew Russia and the Caliphate were going to attack you, you would never dream of looking for some allies to help you out? As it happens I still have the PM I sent you, after I heard that Frosty would be coming for us:
me said:If, hypothetically, Russia or the Caliphate were to be aggressive, how would you feel about adding your forces to a coalition and gaining some land from them?
Note the conditional! I proposed a defensive alliance.