It takes a while for it to get down into the economy. The globalization process affects people like us first and fastest and then begins to seep down over time. There are important questions, as I said, about defense spending and what is worth fighting and dying for. And these ought to be talked about. Anybody who wants to be president ought to be explaining to us what's worth fighting and dying for.
Some answers are easy.
If other nations maintain a capability to threaten us with nuclear and other weapons, we have to have the means of deterrence and response. But then you very quickly get down to the reality of the post-Cold War modern world, and the question we really have been debating most in the last seven or eight years is not nuclear deterrence and response but whether or not we should get involved with military force in ethnic and civil conflicts. That's what we've spent most of our time talking about. And we do talk about that because it's important. This is a part of our obligation and responsibility in this new world because if genocide is happening that matters to America.