Hegemony Is As Old As Mankind.

Persisting Social Crisis, The Emergence Of A Charismatic Personality, And The Exploitation Of Mass Media To Obtain Public Confidence Would Be The Steppingstones In The Piecemeal Transformation Of The United States Into A Highly Controlled Society.

I Think The Sheer Attrition Of American Global Domination Will Create Circumstances In Which The Chinese Will Be Tempted To Reach Out For More Influence, Including In Regions In Which We Have Special Interests, Such As The Middle East, From Which They Already Obtain A Great Deal Of Their Energy. And That Region Will Be Seeking Some New Superpower Patron.

Because You Can't Intervene Everywhere, You Don't Conclude You Can't Intervene Anywhere.

Soon It Will Be Possible To Assert Almost Continuous Surveillance Over Every Citizen And Maintain Up-to-date Complete Files Containing Even The Most Personal Information About The Citizen.

Regret What? That Secret Operation Was An Excellent Idea. It Had The Effect Of Drawing The Russians Into The Afghan Trap And You Want Me To Regret It? The Day That The Soviets Officially Crossed The Border, I Wrote To President Carter. We Now Have The Opportunity Of Giving To The Ussr Its Vietnam War. Indeed, For Almost 10 Years, Moscow Had To Carry On A War Unsupportable By The Government, A Conflict That Brought About The Demoralization And Finally The Breakup Of The Soviet Empire.