At the start of the Cold War, Americans largely understood that it was at its core a struggle between two opposing worldviews: freedom and tyranny. From Kennan’s Long Telegram to NSC-68, it was clear that the United States was not just fighting for territory or economic interests, but the Western principles of human dignity, individual liberty, faith, and democracy.

Last Friday, a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building wounding several occupants in Romania, a NATO country. Two weeks ago, Russia hit Kyiv with the largest drone attacks of the war, launching over 1,400 drones into Kyiv. Both stories barely made ripples in the news cycle.