We Didn't Push The Russians To Intervene,

Russia Can Be Either An Empire Or A Democracy, But It Cannot Be Both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia Ceases To Be An Empire, But With Ukraine Suborned And Then Subordinated, Russia Automatically Becomes An Empire.

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.

There Is An Element Of Delusional Obsession In The French Political Elite's Preoccupation With The Notion That France Is Still A Global Power.

America Is The Only Superpower. But Our Leadership Is Being Tested In The Middle East, And Some Of The Things That We Have Done In The Middle East Are Contributing To A Potential Explosion Region-wide. And If That Explosion Gets Out Of Hand, We May End Up Being Bogged Down For Many Years To Come In A Conflict That Will Be Profoundly Damaging To Our Capacity To Exercise Our Power, To Address The Problems Implicit In This Global Awakening, And We May Face A World In Which Much Of The World Turns Away From Us, Seeks Its Own Equilibrium, But Probably Slides Into A Growing Chaos.

I Think If Nato Haven't Expanded, We Would Have A No-man's Zone Between The E.u. And Nato And Russia, And That Would Be Very Dangerous.