History would have taught us that the complete destruction of Nazi Germany was bound to clear the way for Soviet Russia's domination of the Eurasian continent, although not going for total victory would hardly have been a vote-getter back in 1945. George Patton, for one, wanted to fight the bear right there and then, but cooler heads prevailed.

The H-bomb, needless to say, has encouraged aggressive types to wage war knowing full well that opponents might feel reluctant to commit suicide. In fact, the bomb has increased limited wars, as they are now called. What I find funny is that we the West provoked Russia by bringing into NATO Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, hypothetically forcing us to fight the nuclear-armed bear over, say, Estonia, a tiny nation geographically attached to Mother Russia with a population of 1.3 million, many of them Russians. This makes as much sense as the First World War did with 25 million dead over an Austrian archduke's assassination. Those two clowns, Biden and Blinken, are busy telling anyone who will listen that "NATO's door is open and remains open and that is our commitment."