A symbolic Iron Curtain cut through the middle of Europe: East vs West. It was called the Cold War, as the two sides never directly fought. But they battled each other in different ways.

One by one, Communist governments loyal to Moscow seized power in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Soviet Communism soon dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.

He arguably saw Trump and Hegseth coming, warning that his Cold War generation was giving way to a new era of leaders where a focus on Europe was not a priority. The point is this: none of the ...