It is close personal friendships such as these that are the real glue of alliances. It is always much harder to disagree with or follow different paths from your close friends. In today's world of shifting alliances and bewilderingly fast changes in governments, policies and people, it is enormously important for both countries to have sheet anchors in each other. And so, both because of our relationships and because of who he was, it is appropriate for us to honor Winston Churchill, who, almost alone, made it possible for America to enter the war for the world's freedom while it still could be won. Indeed, we all might ask ourselves that.
Any answer is almost beyond imagining.
A former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Mr. Weinberger is Chairman of Forbes, a Trustee of The Churchill Center and an honorary member of the Center and International Churchill Societies. Comment pro and con is always welcomed.