The Long Walls
Alcibiades offered Athens a dazzling promise. Nicias urged restraint. The expedition to Sicily became a story about a democracy that mistook appetite for strategy. This April 2026 essay uses a literary retelling of that history to examine American power, the Iran conflict, and dependence on the Strait of Hormuz.
The Long Walls of Athens supply the alternative: build the capacity that lets a country stand securely without having to prove itself through another war. Energy infrastructure and the Jones Act enter the argument alongside the author’s experience commanding a nuclear weapons strike…
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