Eat the chicken leave the bones

Buchanan today. He's seeing the glass half empty as usual, but, then that's probably what they said of Jeremiah. This statement does ring true and prudent.

"Up through World War II, we followed the Hamiltonian idea that America must remain economically independent of the world in order to remain politically independent."

As for the rest of his column, you decide. Does it signal the end of an Empire?
Eat the chicken and leave the bones