Henry Kissinger: “I cannot conceive of a war between China and the United States.”

We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense that it has become so dysfunctional.

This is the most volatile and complex period since World War II.

My basic point is that we can maintain a favorable balance of power, but we must couple it with a political structure in which the issue of war and peace can be used as a diplomatic as well as a military expression.

The role of the United States is indispensable. It's time for a global upheaval. And the consequences of American disengagement magnifies and requires larger intervention later.