European leaders on war footing flocked to the White House to plea for protection. Ukraine’s president brought self-parody to center stage. A specter is haunting Europe: imperialist cannibalism à la Russe . Old Europe’s pro-Ukrainian forces have forged an uneasy alliance to exorcise this specter of a revanchist Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron branded it a “predator, an ogre” at the continent’s doorstep, eternally ravenous. At the heart of the perceived menace lies Russia’s alleged