Those who sit on the sideline during these critical times deserve the fruits of their complacency.Men, like nations, think they're eternal. What man in his 20s or 30s doesn't believe, at least subconsciously, that he'll live forever? In the springtime of youth, an endless summer beckons. As you pass 70, it's harder to hide from reality…. as you lose friends and relatives.Nations also have seasons: Imagine a Roman of the 2nd century contemplating an empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East, thinking… This will endure forever… Forever was about 500 years, give or take… not bad, but gone!!France was pivotal in the 17th and 18th centuries; now the…