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Looks like there are some people, like the central and eastern Europeans, who remember who stood against the communist menace that worked so hard to enslave them.

Or maybe the talk we floated after the anti-U.S. demonstrations that we might considerably reduce our military presence in South Korea brought them to their senses. This upcoming demonstration of South Korean support would have been more welcome had it come before we mentioned that we might substantially reduce our troop presence on the peninsula.

We've coddled and protected the domestic populations of many of these protected countries for so long that they seem to take it for granted that peace exists entirely apart from a credible defense. And for many of these countries, that means American soldiers who have been and still are willing to lay down their own lives if necessary for the freedom of others.

I've appreciated the stronger support we've received from Holland and from the liberated countries of the old Warsaw Pact. They still remember and understand the amount of blood and treasure spent by America in trying to stop the totalitarian menace of the twentieth century. And they know it's still possible for such menaces to rise again if left unchecked by a powerful freedom-loving people like America.