Lets just talk about the world. From washington, tell me where the problem areas are. The two imminent problems are north korea, where the regime is making steady. Rogress i think there is an increasing iran. Of collision with there are a lot of deeper problems, too. This is one of those periods of transformation, sort of like 1989 was with the end of the cold war. A lot of things are in flux. American leadership comes important. There is a lot of uncertainty about the nature of American Leadership. Thinge the interesting about it from my perspective, it is a time for opportunity. Bill it is. It is a time for opportunity with the United States to help to adapt institutions and alliances and shape that landscape before he gets shaped for us 10, 20, 30 years down the road. I think there is no substitute for that kind of leadership. Too muche are leading uncertainty in peoples minds. There is too much unpredictability. People have gotten accustomed to the United States trying to make sens
Lets just talk about the world. From washington, tell me where the problem areas are. The two imminent problems are north korea, where the regime is making steady. Rogress i think there is an increasing iran. Of collision with there are a lot of deeper problems, too. This is one of those periods of transformation, sort of like 1989 was with the end of the cold war. A lot of things are in flux. American leadership comes important. There is a lot of uncertainty about the nature of American Leadership. Thinge the interesting about it from my perspective, it is a time for opportunity. Bill it is. It is a time for opportunity with the United States to help to adapt institutions and alliances and shape that landscape before he gets shaped for us 10, 20, 30 years down the road. I think there is no substitute for that kind of leadership. Too muche are leading uncertainty in peoples minds. There is too much unpredictability. People have gotten accustomed to the United States trying to make sens
The uss augusta on the way to tsdam july 714. Although truman took a large entourage, he and burns excluded every single one of their advisors except for admiral leahy and three state department officials. Specialist, the director of european affairs, and their top draftsman. They were all excluded and would travel separately to the conference. Sdam was going to be a highstakes poker game. Truman had two aces in the hole to play against stalin. Not only did he have the power to bring the war to an earlier end at least one atomic bomb, but he had the indoor emperors willingness to end the war. Indicated the japanese were playing a risky and dangerous game. They had adopted the basic strategy for conducting the war. Their plan was to fight a onefront war against the United States, attempt to administer a decisive defeat in repulsing the invasion, and sue for peace on favorable terms for a soviet mediation. The emperors, instincts remained but a military triumph must precede any diplomati
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