In any event, I don’t think we can afford to be “non-interventionists” now. The Left and the radical Islamists hate America because it represents capitalism, albeit in a very regulated form. They hate “Westernization,” and they see the West as “hegemonic.” They see capitalism as a “global threat” that will destroy the cultures of undeveloped nations. The radical Islamists prefer to live in the Iron Age rather than the Information Age.

As the near bombing in London last night shows, we are continually being targeted by radical Islamists, and if they are not defeated they will be emboldened to launch bigger and deadlier attacks.

The radical Islamists would like nothing better than for the U.S. to pull out of the Middle East and Iraq. And, if we withdrew, “states” like Hamas’ Gaza would quickly form. It would only be a matter of time before they launched a nuclear attack on millions of people in the West, and I include Israel among the West.

Giuliani isn’t a perfect candidate. I have trouble trusting any candidate to do what they say they will do. But, I do think it’s ironic that he’s so heavily attacked by “conservatives,” when he claims to be influenced by the work of the Manhattan Institute and when he writes positively of free market principles and capitalism.