India, April 19 -- Should President Trump agree to what Putin sees as the minimum demands of the Russian Federation, and if Trump with his usual style succeeds in getting Zelenskyy to agree, peace may indeed be the harvest.

Europe has been torn by wars for much of its recorded history. Wars of conquest, wars against aggression by fellow-Europeans. During World War I, millions died, an example being the way the war devastated France at the hands of Germany. At one point, it was regarded as inevitable that the army of Kaiser Wilhelm II would enter the gates of Paris in triumph, but by 16 September 2014, the "Miracle on the Marne" happened, and the French army threw back the Germans close to Paris, with heavy loss of life on both sides. Aft...