We don’t have to “counter” Russia.
Haven’t likely needed to since 1/1/1992.
Far better results were available through invitation to partnership, but we never gave it countenance owing to defunct Cold War paradigms kept profitably on life support in certain moneyed quarters.
But don’t let my claims come between you and Bill Kristol.
You missed the IF in my first line. Except for your suggestion that I am on Kristol’s side, I agree with your post.
I think the blame was on sputnik
Usa bolsheviks embraced atheism - marxism
The national religion became evolution
Then social liberal darwinism created
The fluid rising river that drowned western civilization into it
There aren’t too many voices left
To the stereotypical people like the full blown George Will catholic Marxists
Running this country
Just the way freerepublic was 20 years ago
Gog dnc devil usa
MaGog dnc devil nato
Rev 13
Ps
The light of day needs to clean all this up
I said all this on freerrpublic 20 - 25 years ago