war, mozambique war, plus all of indochina. are often reluctant to acknowledge this progress because it feels like being disloyal toa all the needs out there. there is a risk that if we don't acknowledge this backdrop of power, we look at the people who want to make america great again or a past golden era that never really existed. >> if you operate a backdrop of pessimism and fear, you are likely to come to the wrong conclusions you are likely to be optimistic that there are challenges. >> that's exactly right. one problem with the journalism and humanitarian issues that