A Good War Over a Bad Peace?

Part of my occasional Seeing Things series.

I’ve been thinking about Paul Weston’s essays (parts 1 and 2) on civil war in Europe, and had a few thoughts on reading something recent. I begin to ask myself questions. What if Paul Weston is wrong? What if civil war is not inevitable? What if we die out, not with a bang, but a whimper?

What if civil war in Europe were a preferable alternative?

I was reading this piece at the excellent Brussels Journal and had a little thought when I read the following passage: