we had the terrible set back in southeast asia. and soviet union chas collapsed around the globe. the west has won what do you make of that? he says well, i guess it's the walk of the yankees or something. i just don't know. i think the answer is that this was a very tiff cult period. it was a transition period in america. i think sit palpable in the speeches. we are really passing through. they are assuming great responsibilities without enemies and challenges. they are ambiguous responsibilities that you are seeing. so i think that we had difficulties. i think it is impossible.