The United States Is Prepared Really To

Hegemony Is As Old As Mankind.

Shared Sino-american Global Security Goals Would Not Mean That One Partner Dictates To The Other. U.s.-prc Differences Will Persist, And On The Asian Regional Level They Can Even Be A Source Of Mutual Irritation. Nor Should It Mean That We Ignore The Basic Differences Between Our Political Systems And Values.

The United States Is Prepared Really To Be Engaged In The Quest To Get People In The World The Dignities That They Seek Today, The Social Justice That They Feel They're Deprived Of, And The Common Solution To Global Problems.

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.

There Is An Element Of Paranoia In This Inclination To View Any Serious Attempt At A Compromised Peace As Somehow Directed Against Israel.