Twenty nine years ago ...

April 13, 1989.

My last day in the United States Navy.

A few months later, in November, the Berlin Wall fell. (Officially, November 9 was the day the East German government started letting East Berlin residents freely travel to West Berlin. The big party started that night.) The Wall was almost as old as I was; seeing West and East dancing atop it made me realize that the Cold War was over, the West had won, and I'd been a small part of that victory.

Today, the Secretary-General of the United Nations said:

"The Cold War is back with a vengeance, but with a difference," he said. "The mechanisms and the safeguards to manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43759873

Gee, thanks, Mr. Trump. You're doing a heck of a job. </sarcasm>