There are lots of conflicts going on in the Middle East. It is unclear as to which country will emerge, if any, as the dominant or hegemonic power in the Middle East.

There has been an Irish lobby that has impacted U.S. foreign policy for a century and a half, and at times made our relations with Great Britain very difficult. Other comparable lobbies exist.

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

The basis of association and antagonism among countries has changed over time.

Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types of problems as Arabic-speaking Muslims do in Europe.

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

U.S. foreign policy is in every area impacted by ethnic groups of one sort or another as well as economic groups and regional groups.