There is a large part of my thinking that agrees with him; statistically I understand and agree with him on US loses being much lower because of our tradition of 'non-entanglements'. I teach it, I make sure the kids understand that. Then again, we are no longer the minor power we thought we were in 1917 or even 1940. Whatever doubts we had then, we gone by 1946. More important, the USSR made a gradual understanding impossible. So here is his take on this 4th of July: http://townhall.com/columnists/colu...till&ns=PatrickJBuchanan&dt=07/04/2006&page=1