Never Before Has A Populist Democracy Attained

Iraq May Have Been A Preview Of That, But It's Still Redeemable If We Get Out Fast. In A War With Iran, We'll Get Dragged Down For 20 Or 30 Years. The World Will Condemn Us. We Will Lose Our Position In The World.

Moreover, They [the Central Asian Republics] Are Of Importance From The Standpoint Of Security And Historical Ambitions To At Least Three Of Their Most Immediate And More Powerful Neighbors, Namely Russia, Turkey And Iran, With China Also Signaling An Increasing Political Interest In The Region. But The Eurasian Balkans Are Infinitely More Important As A Potential Economic Prize: An Enormous Concentration Of Natural Gas And Oil Reserves Is Located In The Region, In Addition To Important Minerals, Including Gold.

It Follows That America's Primary Interest Is To Help Ensure That No Single Power Comes To Control This Geopolitical Space And That The Global Community Has Unhindered Financial And Economic Access To It.

The Technetronic Era Involves The Gradual Appearance Of A More Controlled Society. Such A Society Would Be Dominated By Elite, Unrestrained By Traditional Values.

Today We Are In A Situation In Which The Free Movement Of People Can Have Enormous, Monumental Dimensions, And I Don't Think That Any Country In Western Europe Or In America Can Any Longer Adopt The Idea Of Totally Free Movement Of People. I T Would Simply Overwhelm Their Social Facilities, Their Societies And Create Migratory Dynamics On The Scales Of Tens And Tens Of Millions Of People. That Simply Is Not Practical.