https://www.isegoria.net/2021/03/they-often-preside-wisely-and-temperately-over-their-liquidation/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 18 May 2026 14:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2021/03/they-often-preside-wisely-and-temperately-over-their-liquidation/comment-page-1/#comment-3373554 Altitude Zero Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:38:17 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47506#comment-3373554 Twenty years ago, I would have said that containment worked, and it sort of did, insofar as the US did not fall to Soviet power, and WWIII was averted. It’s only in the last few decades that the full, terrible impact of those long years of twilight war had on the institutions of our country. The Cold War was a victory, but it was a victory in the sense that the Somme was a victory for Britain – the price may turn out to be mortal.

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