Russia's Ukraine invasion had little to do with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. China's invasion of Taiwan will have little to do with the war in Ukraine.
Like the founders, forced into a “time that try men souls,” we’re in a time that buckle men’s legs. Despotism is forcing us to exert the “Right” and “Duty” to provide “new Guards” for our future security” – whatever that means in our time. Given all we’ve seen, we refuse to tell our grandkids, “We almost had the country back,” without a ferocious fight. “Civil war” is not coming. It’s here. And it’s real.