“…a more lawless and violent place.”

“…a more lawless and violent place.”  David Rivkin and Lee Casey are a couple of cold warriors from the Reagan and H. W. Bush era.  They're not happy with That One's handling of foreign affairs, most especially with respect to Putin.  They've got an opinion piece in today's Wall Street Journal laying out the argument for a more robust, less milquetoast response by the West.  Their conclusion:

More than arcane legal principles are at stake. Western failure to champion a narrative of international rights and wrongs, rooted in the language of law and legitimacy, would be tragic. Meeting Russia's aggression with passivity undermines already weakened domestic support for a robust and engaged foreign policy in the U.S. and other Western countries, and it promises to make the world a more lawless and violent place.

A companion piece from the editorial board explores the issue further.

I'm afraid this isn't likely to change so long as That One is in the Oval Office...