Charles Moore?
Surely this article was written by someone other than Charles Moore, despite his name being on it?I give as evidence:
Like the character in When Harry Met Sally, North Korea and Iran have looked at the nuclear powers and said: "I'll have what she's having."
When Harry Met Sally is a popular (at the time) film, which was released only 18 years ago in 1989. If this is Charles Moore, then surely it is the most recent cultural reference he has ever made?
Update: NO, IT ISN'T. I hadn't got to the end of the article. It ends with, and this is scarely believeable, a reference to Bridget Jones, who I think was invented in the early 1990s.
Vanguard, Valiant, Vengeance, Victorious. As Bridget Jones might put it, v. v. v. v. important.