[Dutchgirl]

For all who missed it on C-Span...

[reg45]

I saw the speech on C-SPAN last night - it was fantastic!

[Grenada]

Thank you for posting.......

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Four years ago, its most public advocate, Pat Buchanan, ran for president of the United States, and carried Palm Beach. By accident.

Great line! Krauthammer is brave, brilliant, and funny.

[ClearCase_guy]

bttt

[syriacus]

democratic realism

Very nice hook to hang a hat on.

[Gritty]

If someone invades your house, you call the cops. Who do you call if someone invades your country? You dial Washington.

We've dialed Washington, and all we get is a "busy" signal, followed by the demand we legalise the invaders and stop whining!

[TalBlack]

One thing Krauthammer doesn't touch on in his what do we do in a unipolar world article is: what happens if the "unipole" implodes. Given the erosion of the rule of law in America and what I would say is a marked acceleration of same this isn't all that farfetched, and it is complicated by the relative thiness of our military power. "Interesting times" ahead or business as usual--who the heck knows?

[manic4organic]

Bump 4 later

[manic4organic]

Bump 4 later

[Cap Huff]

Thanks for posting. Bump for later read.

[bootless]

WOW. What a spectacularly written and reasoned article.

[Ronzo]

BUMP for later posting on my web site...(www.theodicy.org)

[Gritty]

Great analysis by Krauthammer!

[kcar]

Marking to return.

[dts32041]

bfl

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Liberals today proudly take credit for Truman’s and Kennedy’s roles in containing communism, but they prefer to forget that, for the last half of the Cold War, liberals used “cold warrior” as an epithet.

In 1992 I labored, in fury, to find a response to the Democratic rebuttal of the Republican Convention's claim of having won the Cold War, "but Democrats fought in Vietnam just like Republicans did!" In Vietnam, yes. But after 1972, it is exactly as Krauthammer says. "liberals used 'cold warrior' as an epithet."

[rface]

marked for a later read....

[OldCorps]

bump to read later

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The role of America, the future of the western world and its ideal is what is at stake in this election. It ain't about healthcare, or Viet Nam or budget deficits, as important as all those may be in their place.

The question is who is best suited to lead this country and set its direction for the next half century?

I think we know the answer to the question

[driftless]

Outstanding analysis by Krauthammer which deserves to be printed in every rag in America. For those who say we should not engage in nation building, I say why not? We did it with Germany and Japan two countries where democracy had been a filthy epithet. Why not remake the Middle East? Wouldn't quasi-democratic countries at least be better than authoritarian Islamo-terrorist malfunctioning ones? I'll bet that Inside the hearts of many mid-east Moslems beats the heart of potential democrats (small case d). If Iran succumbs to pressure from the large pro-american segment of their society, we will have three Islamic countries operating on a functioning of a sort democratic model. Just a few years ago, many skeptics would have said that that would be impossible. We may be on the verge of doing the impossible. Cross your fingers and pray.