apart from a veiled triumphalism, the author conflates the US and Europe. Pat Buchanan is as representative of the conservatives as the Sangh Parivar of the BJP. Sitting in his vaccuum, Mr. Kak posits a position and assumes it to be true and then goes on to demolish mythical demons. Doomsayers like Gibbons and Paul Kennedy love parallels but fail to recognize that the Roman empire has as many portends for the US as Vimanas are to Indian aviation. If the author had any clue about American life he would have refrained from wild statements about children or the so-called energy congolomerate he assumes controls America.
