Blinded by what Barbara Tuchman calls "the bellicose frivolity of senile empires," we are marching ominously toward war with Russia. How else might we explain Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's public declaration that the U.S. goal is to "weaken Russia" and Joe Biden's request for another $33 billion in "emergency" military and economic aid (half of what Russia spent on its military in 2021) for Ukraine?
