Very well said, and thank you!
Oh really. I thought it shallow and banal and stuff that we all already know. This wasn't an essay about freedom passed down from our founding fathers. It was an essay to explain the U.S. role in an altered security environment and to explain it in enough detail that decision-makers can think clearly.
Let me try a different tack. Since you seem to find him shallow, silly with a pejorative attitude towards American values, explain to me why military commanders chose to have him teach at the Naval War College, at the National War College and other command and staff colleges. Explain why Rumsfeld would use him as a leader in the transformation of the military.