The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr