President obama did not come into office preoccupied by the Middle East. He is the first child of the Pacific to become president—born in Hawaii, raised there and, for four years, in Indonesia—and he is fixated on turning America’s attention to Asia. For Obama, Asia represents the future. Africa and Latin America, in his view, deserve far more U.S. attention than they receive. Europe, about which he is unromantic, is a source of global stability that requires, to his occasional annoyance, American hand-holding. And the Middle East is a region to be avoided—one that, thanks to America’s energy revolution, will soon be of negligible relevance to the U.S. economy.
Obama is SOO right about that, the energy, natural gas, revolution in America. That can break this Gordian Knot.
Lot of annoyance, too. Lot of resentment and a lot of annoyance. Write off the Middle East, unromantic and annoyed by Europe, what part of the world does Obama like? Asia? Okay, knock yourself out. Africa? Not north Africa, real Africa, okay! Going to get us a better deal on locusts? Knock yourself out. Latin America? We have a history there too, right? They have a history. Hey, do you think this really is the year for Brazil? I think so. I think Brazil is the next China. Enjoy that baseball game in Cuba. I loved Cuba.
Lot of annoyance, too. Lot of resentment and a lot of annoyance. Write off the Middle East, unromantic and annoyed by Europe, what part of the world does Obama like? Asia? Okay, knock yourself out. Africa? Not north Africa, real Africa, okay! Going to get us a better deal on locusts? Knock yourself out. Latin America? We have a history there too, right? They have a history. Hey, do you think this really is the year for Brazil? I think so. I think Brazil is the next China. Enjoy that baseball game in Cuba. I loved Cuba.