Thinking Backwards.

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The last few weeks have seen another gratifying upsurge in subscriptions and “followings” Welcome to all new adherents, especially those who have tossed a few coins in my direction. I appreciate it very much. That said, these essays will always be free, but you can continue to support my work by liking and commenting, and most of all by passing the essays on to others, and passing the links to other sites that you frequent. If you would like to take out a paid subscription, then of course I won’t stand in your way, (I’d be very honoured in fact) but I can’t promise you anything in return except a warm feeling of virtue. I have also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, which you can find here.☕️ Thanks to all of those who have recently contributed.And as always, thanks to others who tirelessly supply translation in their languages. Maria José Tormo is posting Spanish translations on her site here, and Marco Zeloni is also posting Italian translations on a site here, and Italia e il Mondo is posting them here. I am always grateful to those who post occasional translations and summaries into other languages just as long as you credit the original and let me know. And now:****************************************I was hoping to avoid writing another essay on the war in Ukraine and its consequences, but the garbage issuing from the recent Munich Security Conference and the dispiriting level of what passes for commentary on it both suggest to me that, even now, the West doesn’t get it. I’m not just referring to the idea that Russia might “lose,” because after all, if you create impossib…