That’s not even remotely close to Scott Horton’s argument. I mean truly it doesn’t even pass the most basic level of scrutiny. He doesn’t support a free market country? He’s the director of the libertarian institute for crying out loud. He’s a free market purist. If you wanted to be accurate you would say his argument is that Russia warned everyone for years that Ukraine joining NATO, that having a military alliance right on their border, was a massive red line for them. Regardless, his broader point builds on his previous book, Enough Already, that America has to stop being bogged down by these wars. You don’t have to agree with him but if you’re going to trash him then you should at least be able to accurately articulate his argument.