throughout the Cold War. So the two conflicts are very, very similar. And the reason I call Cold War two, and it's Roman numeral two, not two, not two dot oh, this is not a continuation of the first one. It's a different conflict entirely. But it is in a way sort of like World War One and World War Two, different conflicts, different parties involved, different causes of it. But they're both World Wars and these are both Cold Wars and both great Cold Wars. So, you know, the first one is Roman numeral one, the second one is Roman numeral two. You know, those are great points. And I want to delve into some of them in more detail. And I also want to draw out some of the distinctions between the first Cold War and what you call the second Cold War and get your thoughts on that. Before we do that, one more question on how we got here. So looking back, was it the euphoria of the 1990s? That was it primarily that just the the vibes, so to speak, of that decade that led us to believe that the (13/57)
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