And then what? I sincerely believe McFaul isn’t able to think of the next step. He is thinking deontologically just as Putin (and I dare say the Russian people

And then what? I sincerely believe McFaul isn’t able to think of the next step. He is thinking deontologically just as Putin (and I dare say the Russian people too) are thinking about survival. It would be good to think of the long term consequences of any foreseeable outcome. Hopefully it all goes well: Putin falls and is replaced by an internationalist. Frankly the Afghanistan debacle has caused me to doubt the wisedom and capacity for longer term thinking of the American political-military leadership. Hubris damns us all.