Global Stability - Economic As Well As

Global Stability - Economic As Well As Political - Is At Risk.

I Think It Is Important To Ask Ourselves As Citizens, Not As Democrats Attacking The Administration, But As Citizens, Whether A World Power Can Really Provide Global Leadership On The Basis Of Fear And Anxiety?

Henceforth, The United States May Have To Determine How To Cope With Regional Coalitions That Seek To Push America Out Of Eurasia, Thereby Threatening America's Status As A Global Power.

Once The Eastern Bloc Collapsed, What I Call 'historical Spontaneity' Prevailed And The Countries That Were Subject To Soviet Control Naturally Gravitated To The West. That's Where They Sought Their Security; I Don't Think There Was A Way To Avoid That. If We Tried To Exclude Them, We Would Have Today Not One Europe, We Would Have Three Europes: One In The West, One In The Middle And One In The East, And The Middle Would Be Insecure And A Tempting Target. The Insecurity Felt [today] By Eastern Europe Would Be Replicated On A Much Larger And More Consequential Scale.

America Has Exercised Its Power To Insist On Elections In Palestine, Which Hamas Did Win. Once They Won, We Then Engaged In A Policy Not Only Of Ostracism, But By Financial Boycott, In Effect Of Undermining It, And Creating More Tension And Radicalism And Poverty In Gaza, Which Was Susceptible To Exploitation By Hamas.