The European attempt to negotiate, its failure, and the consequences of an avoidable conflict.
The demonizing of Putin has undercut a diplomatic solution to the dangerous confrontation over the Ukraine.
La guerra più lunga della storia e la (nuova) sconfitta della maggiore potenza occidentale.
The scale and speed of the collapse in Afghanistan after twenty years of nation building is a damning indictment of the national security and foreign policy establishment.
The longest recorded war and the (new) final defeat of the major Western power.