You don't even see the irony of your own response, do you? Chamberlain was un-manned precisely because he was bound by the contradictions of the EMPIRE he was defending. A lean, mean Republic is capable of understanding it's interests and defending them by any means necessary, when the time comes. An EMPIRE, on the other hand loses sight of the cultural roots that gives meaning to human society and cannot move quickly enough to meet the blow that comes from enemies.
We were founded as a REPUBLIC. We are suffering the INEVITABLE blows visited upon EMPIRES. Think about "impotence" when you watch the replays of the WTC buldings slowly collapsing and sinking into rubble....
THAT is an extremely good analysis.
Thank you!
Ah yes, those wonderful British colonies, Czechoslovakia and Poland. How can I forget?