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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.

I Don't Feel I Was "born American," But My Homeland Was Denied To Me After The End Of World War Ii And I Craved Something I Could Identify With.

The American People Have To Think Hard About Their Definition Of The Meaning Of The Good Life, That Hedonistic, Materialistic Society Of High Levels Of Consumption, Increasing Social Inequality Is Not A Society That Can Be Part Of The Solution Of The World's Problems.

We Shouldn't Overdramatize The Current Disagreements With The Russians. They Are Real, But They're Not Really All That Threatening. And The Notion That We're Moving Back To Some Cold War I Think Is Really An Exaggerated Judgment.

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.