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Thanks very much for taking the effort to post this report.

I wonder what John M. Ashbrook----who dedicated his life to championing the politics of freedom, and the principles and practices of limited constitutional government--would make of the domestic and foreign policy of the Last Remaining Superpower on Earth?

Also I'm quite surprised--shocked actually--to read that Netanyahu, whom I had considered somewhat intelligent--said this:

"...In the first half of the twentieth century, the philosophy of Kant was not practiced, and totalitarian regimes were permitted to rise up to power without being checked by democracies...."

This is a shockingly stupid assertion. The totalitarianisms of the Twentieth Century are unthinkable without the ideology of democracy.

I'm beginning to think that Israeli Jews, who are involved in a genuine culture war, are filled with contempt for Americans. And when they are weary they can't hide it and say really stupid things hoping we won't notice if they sugar it with all the slogans and buzz words that we, supposedly, like to hear.

It seems to be working however. So perhaps we have earned their contempt....

This is a shockingly stupid assertion. Perhaps I didn't make his statement clear. He was saying that had the philosophy of Kant been followed in the first half of the century, and had democracies been assertive in stopping totalitarianism, the dictatorships which developed might have been stopped.

Oh, and as to Ashbrook. I'm sure he would be dismayed by the rise in government spending and power in the twenty years since his death, but I know for sure, having sat and talked with his sister and niece, that he would have been thrilled by the morality, decency and strength of President Bush.

The totalitarianisms of the Twentieth Century are unthinkable without the ideology of democracy.

There have always been totalitarian governments; they pre-dated democracy. The idea of democracy was just that, an idea, until our Founding Fathers decided to launch this Great Experiment they called the United States of America. They envisioned free men, educated and with common sense making their own destiny with the consent of other free men.

Maybe the totalitarianisms of the 20th century were more descructive, but that's just because of the technology available to them. One of the largest of those fell because the appeal of self-determination was just too strong. Because of the technology of the 20th century, that idea of democracy has been able to spread across the globe, but the backlash against it has become even more severe.

Frankly, I think Ann Coulter was right about the Muslims, what those folks need is to be CONVERTED!