There will be associations and partnerships between some Muslim countries and some Christian countries. Those already exist. And they may shift as different regimes come and go and interests change.

Iran of course is Shiite, while the bulk of the Arabs are Sunni, that is a problem or could be a problem. Also, there is the simple fact that Iran is non-Arab and most of the Muslims in the Middle East are Arab.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

I don't say that the West is united, I don't suggest that.

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

When you mention the word ideology, everyone has communism in the back of their minds, which was an entirely well formulated ideology and statement of belief. You read the Communist Manifesto and you know what the core of it is.