“Will everyone please stop talking about a new Cold War?”
The cold war NEVER ENDED. Like a cancer it merely went into remission for a few years.
The author is wrong in his assertions. The U.S. MUST rebuild our military presence in Europe to contain the “Soviet Union” that never really went away - it just changed its name. Plus, “Red China” is more dangerous than ever...and must also be contained.
Actually, if our POTUS had a pair he would immediately start giving the Ukraine military aid and put an Airborne Brigade on the ground in Kiev...followed by and supplemented with a heavy brigade (with armor). The heavy brigade will take longer to move. This will send a clear message to Putin that we will not tolerate his land grabs.
Disagree. Strongly.
The Cold War was about resisting the spread of Communism. It needed to be fought, we did so, and we won.
Putin is not a Communist, and for that matter the Chinese are no longer Communists in any meaningful sense of the term. Neither is trying to subvert other nations ideologically. There is nothing even vaguely resembling the Communist International any more.
The Russian and Chinese threats exist, but they are of a pre-1914 nature, not related to the Cold War. The Great Game of Kipling, if you will, not an ideological struggle.