" The shape of Soviet power,” Kennan explained, “is like that of a tree which has been bent in infancy and twisted into a certain pattern. It can be caused to grow back into another form; but not by any sudden or violent application of force. The effect can be produced only by the exertion of steady pressure over a period of years in the right direction. "

― Peter Beinart , The Good Fight: Why Liberals - and Only Liberals - Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again