at large for time magazine ian bremer author of the new book super power, three choices for america's role in the world. >> you have three choices. indispensable america, money ball america, or independent america? i said i, too, am pat buchanan. >> oh, lord. >> pat i'm shur is watching and is very proud of you. took you a long time. >> i think independent america leads to indispensable america far more than has been happening in the last two or three years. >> there may be truth in that. the question is it's easy in election time to wrap yourself in the flag and say we want to be tougher. john mccain certainly has a lot of countries he'd like to bomb. but that's very different from actually sayingç how do we respond in ramadi. what are we going to do in syria. i saw last week you had former head of the cia with his new