The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.
Robert KaganIn my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue.
Robert KaganIt is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age is that they are wrong.
Robert KaganIf a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.
Robert Kagan