Niall Ferguson

This international law, that international law.

They don't pay their share of the costs of

European security.

And I think what's fascinating is to hear an American administration saying out loud what their predecessors used to say privately back in Washington about dealing with the Europeans.

So there's some overlap here and then some things we would disagree on.

So I think it's hard to argue that what

I would argue the greatest performing organization in history is the U.S.

military.

And what happened in Venezuela is a flex.

I can't imagine it hasn't sent chills down the spine of every world leader.

When Madeleine Albright, Secretary Albright said, our reach as far in our memory as long has never been more apparent, right?

The issue is in kind of a double-barreled question here.

Our adventures or misadventures overseas are like a Bond film.

They always start great.

Bond films always nail the opening.

And then they go on to be bad, mediocre, amazing films.

And oftentimes, we start off, we nail the opening, and then things come off the rails.

And already in Venezuela, we're talking about taking their oil.

It hasn't been regime changed.

Same regime is there.