The nature of leadership seemed more important than ever as the world focused last week on war and peace, along with challenges to the way we live, work and vote: impeachment, strikes, the arms trade, gun safety were all at issue.
“Troy fell … the walls of Hadrian succumbed … the Great Wall of China was futile; and … the mighty seas which are alleged to defend us can also be circumvented by a resolute and ingenious opponent,” wrote US Army General George S. Patton. “In war, the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.” “Warlike soul” is an apt description of Patton himself.
It’s a humiliating exercise for a diminished Putin, who vaingloriously compares himself to the 18th century Czar Peter the Great, and not a great look for a deeply tarnished Russia.” It also shows how the war “is making the entire world more dangerous.
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