A major world power has made a misguided attack on a Middle Eastern country, and many think its strength is waning. The price of petrol and diesel is soaring.
Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe the Russians are brutally attempting to extirpate a much smaller country, which is mounting a heroic but ultimately doomed resistance.
I’m not, as you may think, describing President Donald Trump‘s ill-conceived and abortive assault on Iran, or Putin‘s wicked war in Ukraine, both of which have led to global instability.
No, I am talking about different, and yet in many ways similar, cataclysms that were unfolding 70 years ago this
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