The closer Putin comes to defeat, the closer America comes to nuclear war, for that increasingly appears to be the only way Putin can prevent a Russian defeat, disgrace, and humiliation.
Mircea Eliade wrote that modern secular man is haunted by the realities he has denied, which render the passage of time meaningless. The only defense against the ensuing terror is the sacred act.
America is now in a military alliance with Finland—the newest member of NATO. No Cold War president would have risked the survival of our nation to defend a distant country that has never been a U.S. vital interest.