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. >> that shoots the question because i wonder we were always told charlemagne saved civilization benefit already have the foundation he would have been inheriting. he did not have that? i misunderstood. >> congratulations on the book i want to ask is somebody who believes that you may correct predictions the year before the end of communism and my belief is the two people before me ask the question of but i want to emphasize we don't want more or chaos our democracy or free markets and the arab world and china at the same time but is it something you recommend to policy makers right now although they have to deal with a lot should they not be afraid without chaos or war? >> absolutely. i believe historic day the united states is regarded as a national identity we just happen to the democratic here but we are a model to other people be leading this is based with universal human rights and rules of justice and we promoted democracy all over the place might objection during the iraq war is we should not do that militarily but based on people in the societies that one democracy there is plen

sense of history than we do would you find a leader who says let'searn the following lessons from charlemagne and an american who would say we can learn the following lessons from president polk. >> rose: yes. >> it wouldn't be cceivable. >> rose: was it chairman mao who said to you or to someone else that it's too early to tell what the ramifications of the french revolution are? >> that's what is alleged but i don't quite remember that. it's a good story but what did happen to me was that my... i think almost my first meeting with mao he said let me tell you a story. and he told the story of a romanianmissyho cam to beijing and tried to compose the differences china had with russia, saying that they're both communists and should rk tother and mao said there's no point talking about it because i will fight them for 10,000 years. so when the romanian continued to protest he sai okay, in consideration your long journey, i will take a thousand years off and it will be 9,000 years. this went on until he was down at 7,000 years at which point he is alleged to have said i've made my last coession.

. >> that shoots the question because i was wondering, we were always told that charlemagne save civilization. already had the foundation of what in the eighth century he would have been -- he did not have that. i misunderstood you. >> congratulations on the book and your success. as somebody who believes you made very correct predictions the year before the end of communism in eastern europe and even the end of history, my belief is -- the two persons before me after of the question but i want to emphasize a little more. we don't want war. we don't want chaos. we want democracy and free market in the arab world and iran and china. that is obvious. is this something you would recommend to policymakers in the united states? they deal with a lot here in the united states. are you saying we want democracy and free markets to prevail without chaos? >> absolutely. i believe historically the united states is always regarded as part of its national identity to be not just we happen to be democratic in north america but we are a model to other people. we believe this is based on universal human right

that shoots the question because i was wondering, because we have been told that charlemagne saved civilization and if it already had the foundation of the laws in the eighth century, he would have been -- he did not have t the. >> no. >> okay, miss understood you. >> congratulations on the book and your success. i want to ask somebody who believes that you may very correct predictions the year before the end of communism in asia and europe and also "the end of history," it had father of two persons before me pretty much asked the question that i want to cut emphasize a little more. i say we don't want war. we don't want chaos. we cannot have democracy and free markets in the arab world in iran and china all at the same time. that's obvious. it is something you would recommend to policymakers right now in the united states? also have to deal with a lot. no, she would be not afraid of things we want democracy and free markets to prevail? obviously without chaos, without wars. >> absolutely. will, i believe that historically the united states is always regarded as part of its national identity vi