we should have been thinking. charles decline is a choice and he is right. it is a psychological condition. it is not an option for the united states. for france after the second world war decline is a choice because it is cushioned by the united states. when the united states slide off a cliff most of the functioning have of the planet will fall off with them. this is no time to make like a rack and get on the ship to new zealand. even if the ship appears to be sinking the rack should try to save it. host: don, you are on with mark steyn. caller: thank you and good afternoon. thanks to you and the staff for a quality program. thank you for your body of work. clearly you are a student and passionate about history. your book lights out talks about the impact of political islam. how relevant and instructive is the history of islamic imperialism in informing us about attacks today? if history can be a teacher and a predicted how do we go about changing the way islamic hi