We Didn't Push The Russians To Intervene,

But If Russia Is To Be Part Of This Larger Zone Of Peace It Cannot Bring Into It Its Imperial Baggage. It Cannot Bring Into It A Policy Of Genocide Against The Chechens, And Cannot Kill Journalists, And It Cannot Repress The Mass Media.

The American People Have To Think Hard About Their Definition Of The Meaning Of The Good Life, That Hedonistic, Materialistic Society Of High Levels Of Consumption, Increasing Social Inequality Is Not A Society That Can Be Part Of The Solution Of The World's Problems.

The Mistakes Of The Iraq War Are Not Only Tactical And Strategic, But Historical. It Is Essentially A War Of Colonialism, Attempted In The Post-colonial Age.

I Think The Sheer Attrition Of American Global Domination Will Create Circumstances In Which The Chinese Will Be Tempted To Reach Out For More Influence, Including In Regions In Which We Have Special Interests, Such As The Middle East, From Which They Already Obtain A Great Deal Of Their Energy. And That Region Will Be Seeking Some New Superpower Patron.

Once The Eastern Bloc Collapsed, What I Call 'historical Spontaneity' Prevailed And The Countries That Were Subject To Soviet Control Naturally Gravitated To The West. That's Where They Sought Their Security; I Don't Think There Was A Way To Avoid That. If We Tried To Exclude Them, We Would Have Today Not One Europe, We Would Have Three Europes: One In The West, One In The Middle And One In The East, And The Middle Would Be Insecure And A Tempting Target. The Insecurity Felt [today] By Eastern Europe Would Be Replicated On A Much Larger And More Consequential Scale.