One day boomers will learn.

You walk into a room.

You see two of your younger step-siblings physically fighting (it’s complicated).

You tell them to stop.

They don’t stop, and the fight is getting bloody.

You didn’t start the fight.

You even tried to prevent it.

What is the right answer?

If you are stronger:

You must physically restrain both.

You physically separate them.

Why?

Because it tells both your step siblings you are stronger than them and you're willing to act.

That’s how ‘law enforcement’ works.

POTUS and his ‘boomer’ advisers are starting to realize something.

You cannot make deals with the East.

While Donald Trump’s presidency saw active engagement (4.5 years) with Russia, Ukraine, China, and North Korea, it is broadly accurate to say that no major, lasting deals or solutions emerged from these efforts.

There is nothing wrong with that. There is something wrong with not having seen what was clear way before boomers arrived.

The East is a vastly different land.

It’s frustrating, but you cannot social engineer otherwise.

Most world only understands force.

They certainly do not understand ‘pauses’ and ‘negotiation’.