Just left the Livadia Palace, where the Yalta conference was held. We all

walked through the room where there is the roundtable around which

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin divided the world. Rumsfeld and his

Ukranian counterpart posed together in the same courtyard where a famous

picture of the three WWII giants was taken. It was exciting to be in this

spot where history was made, and also a little sad, given exactly what

transpired. Say whatever else you will about Yalta, it is beautiful. The

Crimea is a bright blue fading into the hazy sky on the horizon. And the

palace itself looks like a cross between the White House and an estate you

might see in Coral Gables, Florida. It is a semi-tropical climate and there

are a few palm trees in front…