George H.W. Bush: “See, the irony is what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it's over.”

More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…

George W. Bush also focused on the inevitability of history saying 'trade freely with China and time is on our side.'

a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.