Col. Douglas McGregor

It was very clear to me the last time I spoke with him and worked with him that he wanted to get our forces out of Europe.

Now, very recently, nobody's paid any attention to it, but suddenly we're finally withdrawing troops from Romania and Bulgaria.

That's a very wise thing to do.

Thank God.

Let's get them out of Poland, get them out of Lithuania, start pulling them out of Germany.

We don't need those forces over there.

And the Europeans don't need those forces.

There is no threat to Europe from Russia.

I think he knows that.

I think he knows that China isn't going to invade Taiwan.

And so you see him moving through Asia diplomatically and behind the scenes.

Everybody is telling him, we're not supporting a war with China.

China is not a military threat to us.

I think he understands that.

So I think he wants to focus at home.

But this thing in the Caribbean basin is clearly not an original idea on his part.

He agrees the threat from Central and South America, but particularly Central America, is very serious.

He knows that.

But the issue is how do you deal with it?

And you deal with it along the lines that we've described.