Yes, it is a load of crap (especially the part where he claims that superior technology--as opposed to mutually assured destruction and a helluva lot of luck, somehow won the Cold War for us), and Ben Stein's pride as being a close friend/high apologist for the Bush Administration has made him one of the celebrities I most love to hate.
But then I hear his voice in my head saying, "Bueller?" The anger just melts away...