PETER HITCHENS: The West acts tough with Russia because we���re just too feeble to stand up to our real enemy��� China

This is Peter Hitchens��� Mail on Sunday column

So they finally got their war. But what are they going to do now? This is the most avoidable, needless conflict in modern history. It was nurtured and hatched in the small minds of foolish men. There was a compromise available, but because they were too proud to consider it, terrified civilians now weep outside the ruins of what were once their homes.

At this point, these noisy boasters turn out, as usual, to have big mouths and tiny fists. The ...