There's no strong feeling I get from one or the other side. Let's talk about American power. The United States is at the height of its power and we are going into the first major election of the new century. That's the question I keep asking myself. It's difficult to give you a short answer.
Power is no longer what power used to be.
The U.S. has a tremendous margin of superiority in terms of military power. I don't think any situation in history can be compared. In terms of a force that can be mobilized throughout the globe, the application of information technology in military warfare is more advanced in the U.S. military system than anywhere else. The gap between the U.S. and next military power is widening, not narrowing. I cannot say that military influence has no relevance to political influence.