By Patrick J. Buchanan
In the last stanza of “The Battle of Blenheim,” Robert Southey writes:
“But what good came of it at last?” Quoth little Peterkin.
“Why, that I cannot tell,” said he; “But ’twas a famous victory.”
What did it really matter? The poet was asking of the triumph of the Duke of Marlborough — “Who this great fight did win.”
What brings back this poem about the transience of glory and folly of war — during this week’s struggle over whose flag will fly over Crimea — is a wall chart that just arrived from the UN.
