Unfortunately, your analysis is absolutely correct. We in the West are too stupid, too fearful, too flaccid, too empty, to see danger even when it is right in front of us. The USA is happy to sacrifice Ukrainian lives to degrade Russian military capacity, but totally fails to understand the real lessons being learned. Nearly every civilization rots from the inside until the point where an outside enemy can easily triumph. Putin was too quick to invade Ukraine, but it's obvious this mistake was a matter of timing and not of fundamentals. In the USA 86% of the population is fat and nearly 99% is totally ignorant of any matter of importance. The "news" is nothing more than sensation-generating empty babble. People spend more time on TikTok or watching sport on TV than on attempting to acquire even the most basic knowledge. And we all emulate the USA. I weep for Ukraine, but unfortunately we will all likely experience a similar fate sooner or later. In the end, it seems stupidity always triumphs.