“The 80s Called, and We Didn’t Answer”

Vladimir Putin has finally launched his war against Ukraine. I’ll be writing more about that tomorrow, but in the meantime, Mitt Romney’s comment, a reference to a now-notorious moment in one of his 2012 debates with Barack Obama, really sums it up: “The 80s called, and we didn’t answer.” (A piece I wrote on that theme in 2014 holds up pretty well.) Sen…