Scott’s polar party: they all died. Wanting success was not enough.
History teaches lessons that many people don’t want to learn. Consider R.F. Scott’s Antarctic Expedition in 1912
Wanting things to work is very, very different from making sure they work. Captain Scott was abundantly endowed with wishful thinking–enough of it to supply an army. Come to think of it, World War I–by then just two years away–featured whole armies and governments with decisions based on wishful thinking.
But don’t worry–that mess with the Ukraine and Russia, it’ll all turn out right.