When we discuss WWII these days we look at what led to it pre-war, policy mistakes, etc. That isn't condoning war or invasion, just cold, hard analysis. The les

When we discuss WWII these days we look at what led to it pre-war, policy mistakes, etc. That isn't condoning war or invasion, just cold, hard analysis. The lesson was: more integration, less punitive extraction from the defeated. That lesson was learned and largely applied to the defeated side of WWII. The same lesson should have been applied after defeating the USSR in the Cold War, but it was not. There is a straight line from there to here. With each action based on emotion and ideology even at this late juncture we're going down the path of more war, not more peace, so probably Europe is fucked for the next generation regardless, due to its own stupidity.