That was neocon, empire-building, expansionist, stick-our-nose-in-Old-World-business prattle straight out of the AEI, Heritage and AIPAC playbook. If a REAL conservative like Pat Buchanan or the late Joe Sobran was within earshot of that clucking chickenhawk, Whittle would be sporting three new body cavities. We’re a republic, not an empire. The Old World has been nothing but a source of grief and mischief for the New World. Wackadoos (there’s that word again) like Whittle choose to ignore that fact.