Commentary The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) began on Feb. 24 in a suddenly changed world. While in not-so-distant times, we might have called it “Red Star Over CPAC”—now, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is not only taking over Ukraine, but also CPAC, where the key morning panel featuring China expert Gordon Chang and foreign policy specialist K.T. McFarland was grim indeed, with McFarland stating that we are in the gravest crisis since World War II. Everyone acknowledged that this is far bigger than just Ukraine—Russia clearly wants the old Soviet Union back, maybe even more than that, including the demolition of NATO. The question of the hour was: Is the West ready to fight back with more than meaningless sanctions? Putin obviously didn’t think so. Why would he? And it wasn’t just the debacle in Afghanistan. The very moral fiber of the West seems to have disappeared. Wrapped up in COVID hysteria and driven apart …