People, Governments And Economies Of All Nations

I Think The United States Is Currently A Kind Of Wonder - Wonderland With The President Trump Speaking On Subjects Of His Choice, Some Of Which Are Entertaining, But None Of Which Are Very Strategically Substantive.

The Israelis Have A Lot Of Influence With Congress, And In Some Cases They Are Able To Buy Influence.

Acting Alone In A World That's Alive In Political Stirring Is To Condemn Oneself To Isolation And Probably Protracted Warfare Of The Kind That Can Be Dissipating.

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.

Never Before Has A Populist Democracy Attained International Supremacy. But The Pursuit Of Power Is Not A Goal That Commands Popular Passion, Except In Conditions Of A Sudden Threat Or Challenge To The Public's Sense Of Domestic Well-being. The Economic Self-denial (that Is, Defense Spending) And The Human Sacrifice (casualties, Even Among Professional Soldiers) Required In The Effort Are Uncongenial To Democratic Instincts. Democracy Is Inimical To Imperial Mobilization.