It's Perfectly Natural To Desire More Troops

Hard Power Makes Sense Under Some Circumstances. But There's Not A Universal Solution To Global Problems. A Major Country Like The United States Has To Have A Broadly-conceived Program For Effective International Action, Influence And Cooperation With Others.

More Directly Linked To The Impact Of Technology, It Involves The Gradual Appearance Of A More Controlled And Directed Society. Such A Society Would Be Dominated By An Elite Whose Claim To Political Power Would Rest On Allegedly Superior Scientific Know-how. Unhindered By The Restraints Of Traditional Liberal Values, This Elite Would Not Hesitate To Achieve Its Political Ends By Using The Latest Modern Techniques For Influencing Public Behavior And Keeping Society Under Close Surveillance And Control.

It Is Conceivable That At Some Point A Truly United And Powerful European Union Could Become A Global Political Rival To The United States.

We Look A Little Bit Disorderly, Indecisive, Leaderless. That's A Real Problem, And That's A Problem That Concerns Me Particularly On Foreign Affairs. The Presidency, Not Just President Obama, But The Presidency In Recent Years Has Lost Some Of The Terrain That They Used To Dominate In The Making Of Foreign Policy. I Think President Obama Has To Make A Serious Effort To Regain It Because He Lost Some Of It Himself.

History Is Much More The Product Of Chaos Than Of Conspiracy