Russia is installed in two sections of Georgia, a former part of the USSR, and an important source oil for Western Europe is…somewhat more vulnerable.
Poland desires a US connection for obvious security reasons.
Israel continues to exist in a sea of hostility for a number of reasons, one of which is the US connection.
Taiwan is sovereign due to the US connection.
Piracy is no greater a threat than it is thanks to the US connection.
Iran has not closed the Gulf to shipping thanks to the US connection.
Kuwait is sovereign due to….
Western Europe is free of Soviet domination due to….
The above list is, of course, by no means at all complete. It could go on and on.
I was prompted to set it down only by reading of the developments in Georgia.
Soft power is only as effective as the hard power which hovers in the background.
Talk is only effective when the same is true.
Economic and cultural power can influence and win converts, but only if the hard power shelters and protects.
This is what the small englanders never seem to understand.
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