You do not believe in human rights. You have been violating my human rights since the beginning of the Obama administration. You are a liar and a criminal. And you will not get away with it.

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Everyting that ought to be said is said in this. Everything that ought to be made explicit and clear is made so. Unnan City, Japan

"It includes many of the key engines of the global economy, as well as the largest emitters of greenhouse gases." This is an impressive rhetoric twist. Right at the moment when China's population, four times larger than America's, reaches the point in its economic development that it can emit more greenhouse gases then the quarter sized United States, the latter feels obliged to protect the world from them. I mean I know about America's recent commitment to going green, but it would do a great service to the world by going green first and only then starting to preach (which does not mean it should not pressure China to mind the environment, if it can pressure China, it's just... America... please...). The remark was fairly consistent with Washington's usual practice of subscribing medicine that they themselves would never take, but still, it's inappropriate (and unconscientious) in a new issue area.

The US has not only gained natural resources in the middle east, but soon will have completed the Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan gas pipe line.bases built along this pipe line route. control of the drug trade in Afghanistan. a $700,000 US Embassy in Iraq. A new massive prision to be built in Afghanistan. bases that now allow the countries of china and Russia to be surrounded. cutting China and Russia off from many resources in the middle eastern countries. the US has troops in 150 countries. Looks like imperialism to me.now, in African countries . How long before the US turns back toward South America for expanding its global expansion?

The best thing to come from the Middle East has been oil.
The best thing to come from Asia might be better living conditions for half to three fourths of the world's population and more trade opportunities for the US of A. ibn7

To quote from the article: "Just as Asia is critical to America's future, an engaged America is vital to Asia's future. The region is eager for our leadership and our business -- perhaps more so than at any time in modern history. "

This makes me despair for what passes for political discourse in US foreign policy. I guess that exactly zero lessons have been learnt from the disasters of the Iraq, and Afghanistan wars.

Here is a hint: No, Asian countries are, by and large, *not* eager for US leadership. They have their own fish to fry. It is high time that Monroe was buried, dead, and forgotten, especially in an era when the US is flirting with economic disaster, and having to face strong internal discord.

Regards,
Barry

All the diplomatic talk can NOT varnish the fundamental fact – American power is on the decline with the ascendancy of China and US has to start sharing the center space with China. American monopoly of world domination lasted about 20 to 30 years depending on when did the decline of Soviet Union began in one’s opinion.

Nixon-Kissinger’s embrace of China to counter Soviet Union in 1972 and Reagan’s embrace of Islamic fundamentalists to counter Soviet Union in Afghanistan has backfired royally on US.

Nixon-Kissinger’s embrace of China led to rise of China to challenge US and Reagan’s embrace of Islamic fundamentalists led to 9/11 attacks and resulting US bog-down in Afghanistan. Both of these embraces have come back to haunt US no matter how Hillary Clinton wants to spin them.

It will be entirely up to China as to how much power does it want to share with US in Asia-Pacific to begin with and then in the whole world at large as China becomes ever more powerful.

Second cold war has already started, this time between US and China whether Hillary Clinton wants to admit it or not.

And if US had an upper hand against Soviet Union in the first cold war, then creditor China has an upper hand against debtor US in this second cold war.

Ms Clinton believes that we are winning the wars in Iraq and AfPak.

Right there, we have all the the symptoms of solipsistic and monadic blindness and autism characteristic of decline, decay and degeneration and which can be readily observed in the failure of our Sec. of State to stare truth in the face.

Hilary unstoppable train-crash Clinton.

It is a curious document and quite comprehensive in coverage. I don’t recall seeing as clear an enunciation of US foreign policy intent before.

I wonder if much consideration was given to the actual audience that will read it in a forum like this. It’s more like a backgrounder that you’d use within government to support a shorter document that had a list of ‘action’ recommendations for consideration (may be that’s what it started out as).

Struggling with the fact that the US involvement actually may not be an essential ingredient in the region, other than as a customer, is the way it comes across!

ps ‘Seeking to constrain China’s growth’ -- maybe not, but patrolling the South China Sea, invading Afghanistan and attempting to constrain Pakistan could easily be interpreted as the US maintaining an ability to block China’s import/export access routes if required.

What has this got to w/ 9.1% unemployment and will help burgeoning 14.5 trillions national debts and soon to become 25 trillions debts in 2020 w/ no way of paying off ever?? You can only suppressed low interest at low 2% so long, before people find better investment opportunity elsewhere, endless printing of cheap dollars by Federal Reserve in driving up cost of all natural resources, except for depressed stocks & housing price, that is why economy tank!!

Middle East got oil, African got minerals. Asia only got teeming 1/3 of humanity, not much else resources. That is why Japan & Korea investment in high tech, and China geared for low cost manufacturing, and Singapore & Hong Kong specialized in international finance.

What any outside power hope to gain in Asia, out of misery of billions of mostly struggling poor ??

Then again, middle East oil & Africa mineral resources for trade and 1 billions muslim PLUS 1 billions Africans consumers market, in exchange for cheap Chinese good, is FAIR TRADE anytime.

Bring on trade war anytime

Money talk and BS walk.

im chinese and i have several things to say to you guys.
1. why the hostility? US sees itself as the ideal way to go for humanity, and i believe to some extent you are right, technologically, economically, environmentally, democratically. yes, you are right. stop complaining about the wall st, every society has its disadvantage.
most chinese (at least those that i know) share my point of view, we believe that you are the way to go, that we should be more like you in many aspects(though definitely not everything), so why the hostility? we dont intend on invading you or something, so why?
bear in mind plz, our gdp is only half the size of yours, our military spending (though some may argue it is rapidly expanding) is neglectable compared with yours, and yet we have three times more people than you do. why do you guys feel threatened by us?

2. about the south china sea. just imagine one simple senario, if we exchange position, we chinese are talking about keeping our quote dominant position end quote in the mexican gulf, what would you be thinking about? what would you say if we are talking all the time about free navigation in the mexican gulf? one even simpler question: why do you have to be dominant in the region?

its been almost 40 years after kissinger and nixon's adventures, yet the understanding between the two greatest peoples in the world still knows so little about each other. or to be more acurate, we have come to understand, and to some extent admire your way of life, yet you still refuse to even attempt to understand us, let alone building a people to people friendship.

it is surprising to me, especially when every single american that i personally know, is so hospitable and warm. so why the differnece?

the powerful Israel Lobby will never permit a refocus of American priorities and in particular, HUGE pile of resource$ away from Israeli interests towards greater American interests.

An Obama/Hillary Clinton 2012 ticket would be very much welcomed and most likely more in American true interests than our current, looong time priorities, tactics, strategies and vast resources that have resulted in our current disasters. Israel is indeed a key American interest, but far less than the current irrational, non-American squandering away of HUGE time, money, technology, intelligence and many other resources. A more subtle shift towards our vital A-P interests may be possible, and may be even inevitable in the mid2distant future to help regenerate our strength/greatness and mitigate our relatively recent bad behaviours supporting bad Israel behaviours for the wrong rationales, like Iraq and the so-called Peace Process.

America's inheritance is not the Pacific Basin it is the remains of the old British Commonwealth of nations. America's adventure in the Islamic World and the Mongolian world has been a disaster . We can seek to influence and advise other cultures but in the end they listen to their own inner voice and they are not the same as ours. The USA is like a teenager trying to find his place in the world,who more often than not end up with the wrong crowd and suffer the consequences of misplaced loyalty. This article maybe the genuine sentiment of the Obama administration and it may excite Wall Street but it is as toxic as the " Forbidden Fruit " of biblical lore. China like every other nation has no desire to be dominated by America and it will use every strategy to prevent America from doing so even if it involve war . China's power like that of imperial Japan is is limited and determined by geography, if they exceed their lawfull limit they will be destroyed like ever other misguided nation. They like us are not invincible and they like us prosper or fail according to law

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America's inheritance is not the Pacific Basin it is the remains of the old British Commonwealth

Which is neck of woods you from??
British commonwealth – Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, Libya, India, Bangledash, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda , etc,

Enjoy your kinship with them all, ha

Asia today is a whole different ball game for the USA. unlike the past, where America has dealt with flagging powers and third world rogues, Asia is filled with confident and prospering nations. Some democratic, some not so. The democracies like India, Japan, Korea etc see themselves as no less democratic than the US or Europe and don't want the kind of "hand holding" of the past. Further, most Asian nations, even US allies seek "partnerships" not alliances like the Europeans.

The Future requires a steady, careful and patient US foreign policy with Asia. Cowboy diplomacy and rash gunboat diplomacy is going to get the US thrown out of the region fast. The US will have to play the long game and safeguard its interests. The future also holds many uncertainties and the US would be crazy to take current alliances with Japan, Korea, etc for granted as these nations start to assert themselves.

Perhaps the greatest problem for the US will be seeing the rise of powerful multi-lateral groups that do not include the US and having to negotiate with these groups for US interests. The rise of China will force such groups to be formed by other smaller nations to offset Chinese military and economic dominance.

The greatest asset the US will have is mutual suspicion between the Asians and the strong desire in Asia to not allow the Chinese Communists to dominate.

Blue water dominance, yes, the US Navy is unstoppable. Their air and submarine power are beyond any other navies ability to defeat. But, when you operate proximate to Taiwan or South Korea, or in the South China Sea, you are in the shadow to Chinese air cover and you fall within range of their ballistic missiles even farther out.
The most likely situations that would bring US and Chinese forces into direct confrontation will happen close enough to China that you have to factor in the Second Artillery and the PLAAF. The PLAN will be operating close to home and under friendly air cover with land based radar and missiles systems coving much of the theater. It won't be a Chinese carrier strike group against a US Navy carrier strike group standing alone in blue water outside land based air cover. China won't go there anyway. It will be a fight very close to the Chinese mainland. In that scenario, you have to factor in land based US air power from Japan and Guam, land based Chinese air power, air defense missiles and ballistic missile strikes from China at both Japan and Guam (and maybe the mainland US), and at US naval forces with DF-21D's if they really do what is claimed for them (I have my doubts). The calculus becomes more complex then. The US could prevail, but it would have to accept a full mobilization and be willing to take significant combat losses to beat the Chinese. It's doable, but no one looks forward to it. They wouldn't roll over Chinese forces they way they rolled over Iranian forces in Operation Praying Mantis. There would be a price to pay.

"Our challenge now is to build a web of partnerships and institutions across the Pacific that is as durable and as consistent with American interests and values as the web we have built across the Atlantic."

This is exactly right, but we need to refrain from letting our partnerships become one-sided, with America dominating the conversation to the detriment of her partners, but also working to make sure to partnership works for the U.S. as well. Balance in our policies, as in every aspect of life, will lead to success with the Pacific nations, and may change the future of our dealings with Euro-centric partners.

" They wouldn't roll over Chinese forces they way they rolled over Iranian forces in Operation Praying Mantis. There would be a price to pay. "

Don't worry America India will save you.

Indians all smart techie guru of course, come to America for all high tech jobs at 1/3 wage, sold straw hut in Bombay for one thousand ruppe, one ruppe worth 100 hundred US dollars before dollar tank further, and buy a foreclosed American home. Great Depression II problem solved.

Proud heir of Brisitsh Commonwealth, herby invoked Winstons Churchill " if British Empire would have lasted one thousand years, people would have said this is their finest hour!!!"

only small price to pay for freedom of sea, Englisgmen's natural right since Trafagar. Oh Britania, Britania shall always rule the wave.

I find it very unfortunate that Hillary has become Secty. of state considering her dislike of America, it seems no one in Office is happy with America these days, they can't give it away fast enough. Hillarys Marxist views are insulting and her love of Asia, China in particular, is becoming more and more obvious..Hillary was gushing last moth about South America and the deals they were making with Brazil, how young and vibrant they are and we re just an aging population, I'll tell that to my grandchildren. Brazil is sytill in the drug trade and still a dangerous place, no tif you ar evisiting as Secty. o fstate of course so I guess she didnt' notice, same with Columbia, they ar ehaving trouble letting them come intoo , nothing but drug cartels up there accordin gto the newspapers, it is holding up the N American Union and we can't have that.. Hillary talks a good game, America is not going to be livable in a year or two not even for Hillary, Hillary and people like her, Marxists , Progressives and out and out communists have a problem with leaving America alone, we were fine, we didn't need globalization, the marxists did , how else could they give this country away to the UN and Asia? We have a woman who helped try to get Obama legalized before he ran for President , along with John Conyers and Claire McCaskell , they tried to change the constitutionm and couldn't but Obama ran anyway and won, so did winning make him legal? Not one of them said a word, they never will either, they just sit and watch as our country is cut up into pieces and all of our jobs sent to other countruies and by an illigitimate President and nothing is said, this is who is running our country and we should read what she and her ilk think? she should be tarred and feathered along with Soros and the rest of them and run out of town on a rail, preferably to China since she likes i tso much. bon Voyage.

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Hilary Clinton gives immodest praise to her own country. Let’s take a look at "America's [First] Pacific Century". First, the invasion of the little democratic Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands and the deposition of the lawful democratically-elected government. The United States government still occupies it. There is no treaty merging sovereignty between the two and the "Republic" was not one created by Hawaiian Islander nationals but bred, born and suckled by the U.S. This war on the Hawaiian Islands was followed 5 years later by war in the Philippines first against Spain on behalf of the Philippines and then against Filipino nationalists seeking independence from Spain who had been promised independence by the United States which either lied to them or broke its promise. At the same time the United States [along with U.K., France, Germany, Russia, etc] invades China [Zh?ngguó] ?? sacking Beijing. In a mere eight years the United States waged three wars on Asian or Pacific countries. Twenty years later the United States assists the same group [U.K, France etc] in invading Russia [a Pacific Asian country] intervening in a civil war and causing much additional misery. The author of this piece writes that “The "return" of the United States will deeply involve the country in the issues concerning Asia's politics, economy and security.” Fifteen years after invading and losing in Russia, the United States funds one side of a civil war in Zh?ngguó causing great additional misery and loss of life. Then, less than ten years later, the United States funds French resistance to Vietnamese independence causing great additional misery and loss of life. Then the United States assumes the role of colonizer and fights [and loses in Vietnam] while “collaterally” demolishing Cambodia such that it has yet to recover. Hmmm. Seeing a pattern? Vietnam thumped the United States. Afghanistan [certainly Asian if not Pacific Asian] thumped the United States. Iran thumped the United States as did Iraq. Asians should ask themselves: Can we risk a “second” United States Pacific Century when the United States’s “First Pacific Century” was anything but “pacific”. The United States [or perhaps the United States government would be a more accurate point,] as anything other than a trading partner, spreads war, waste, and misery wherever it goes and whenever it wants to.

"The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq"

Countries of Asia: Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain
Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan
Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia
Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar
Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan
Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam

Afghanistan & Iraq are Asian countries.

All high level US officials must care deeply about Asia's most populous nation. China's unruly neighbors, Afghanistan & Pakistan, vex Beijing almost as much as they bother Washington.

Instead of worrying so about a complex continent wherein every other country appears to pose nearly intractable problems, concentrate on a region blessed with mostly well-established democracies, possessed of, pretty much, one religion and two languages (there are many subgroups with other languages of course). Because South Americans are mostly indigent & the continent is at peace, pennies spent there will yield far greater dividends than dollars spent in Africa or Asia. We could even work with Brasil & Central America to render sugar the energy source for our half of the world.

Besides, every South American country fascinates. For example, Uruguay has one of the world's worst bovine perils:

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Great article. I was interested to see this description of China though: "It is home to several of our key allies and important emerging powers like China, India, and Indonesia. "

I assume the term emrging is probably being used in terms of still growing in power because there can be no doubt that China is already a super power, more powerful than the USSR ever was. In terms of populaiton, market, workforce, economic output, exports, military personnel, China dwarfs every other country in the world.

The only lead the US and other Western nations have is in terms of technology - but they're cathing up fast. Take the car industry. Already China is a bigger car market than the US and GM sells more cars in China than they do in the USA. However to be involved in the market there are strict ownership agreements meaning that CHina has some say inproduction and an pecentage of profits.

Also if companies want to cash in on the electrification and greening of the car, they have to share this technology with their Chinese partners. This has been a major stumbling block for GM tryign to introduce the game changing Volt into China without giving away its technological secrets. Other companies haven't been as reluctant.

Imagine giving China access to the latest military technology for helicoptershelicopters, jet fighters, missiles etc.

What about space technology? With the US effectively needing overseas help to launch satellites and NASA technologies, it can't be long before China steps into that breach as well.

China may still be emerging, but from a current giant to an enormous behemoth.

“ What about space technology? With the US effectively needing overseas help to launch satellites and NASA technologies, it can't be long before China steps into that breach as well.
China may still be emerging, but from a current giant to an enormous behemoth. “
-- MASYNEE

China: Sacred Guardian of universal knowledge, keeper of Eternal flame.

Per Buzz Lightyear space ranger of STAR Command : To Infinity and Beyond.

how many excess deaths U.S. government has caused during its Pacific Century? Where should one begin? The invasion and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands was bloodless but also lawless, anti-democratic [the Hawaiians had a functioning democracy with elections and a free press and wow! everything] and dishonorable. The Philippines 1898-1908. Again despicable betrayal of the Filippino nationalists who started the war against Spain. Followed by extending the Chinese Civil War in support of that liberal democrat Chiang. Followed by the wars on Vietnam [funding the French and then having a separate, but losing, go] and Cambodia and Afghanistan [Asian if not Pacific but Clinton mentions it] and Iraq twice. One is left wondering at the death toll should the U.S. not been such a peace-seeking or "pacific" power and whether a different type of engagement is now merited. One that involves less weaponry. But that's naive I suppose.

how many excess deaths U.S. government has caused during its Pacific Century? Where should one begin? The invasion and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands was bloodless but also lawless, anti-democratic [the Hawaiians had a functioning democracy with elections and a free press and wow! everything] and dishonorable. The Philippines 1898-1908. Again despicable betrayal of the Filippino nationalists who started the war against Spain. Followed by extending the Chinese Civil War in support of that liberal democrat Chiang. Followed by the wars on Vietnam [funding the French and then having a separate, but losing, go] and Cambodia and Afghanistan [Asian if not Pacific but Clinton mentions it] and Iraq twice. One is left wondering at the death toll should the U.S. not been such a peace-seeking or "pacific" power and whether a different type of engagement is now merited. One that involves less weaponry. But that's naive I suppose.

Beijing is certain it can initiate a "clean" nuclear and cyberwar against the United States which also would include targeted biological warfare.

In his infamous 2005 speech, "War Is Not Far from Us and Is the Midwife of the Chinese Century," PLA Air Force Gen and, until recently, defense minister of the PRC Chi Hotian said:

"The central committee believes, as long as we resolve the United States problem at one blow, our domestic problems will all be readily solved. Therefore, our military battle preparation appears to aim at Taiwan, but in fact is aimed at the United States, and the preparation is far beyond the scope of attacking aircraft carriers or satellites.

"Marxism pointed out that violence is the midwife for the birth of the new society. Therefore war is the midwife for the birth of China’s century. As war approaches, I am full of hope for our next generation."

Read the whole ugly and viciously menacing speech at the following link:

http://en.epochtimes.com/news/5-8-8/31055.html

it is holding up the N American Union and we can't have that.. Hillary talks a good game, America is not going to be livable in a year or two not even for Hillary, Hillary and people like her, Marxists Karsiliksiz cek, cek yasasi, cek kanunu, cek magdurlari, cek affi, cek cezalari

TPP can be a tool of economic invasion by the villains from the Wall Street. It will definitely jeopardize the healthy US-Japan relations into a Master Servant relations. It should be rectified.
TPP proposal should be discarded. American imperial expansion should be moderated together with the cooperation of Japan.

Keep your nose out of Taiwan and South China Islands

And america doenst need to worry about anything

worry about the 40 million americans on food stamps and murdering regimes subsidized by the US

"From opening new markets for American businesses to curbing nuclear proliferation to keeping the sea lanes free for commerce and navigation, our work abroad holds the key to our prosperity and security at home"

You dont need 1000 overseas Military Bases for anything mentioned in that paragraph.

Your work abroad keeps Halliburton and Blackwater prosperous not so much your people .

Singapore does business with over throwing governments
nuclear proliferation threat is exaggerated
Sea lanes are free the British kept them free with a much smaller navy
You want security at home legalize drugs

China May Resort to Force in Sea Disputes, Global Times Says

“If these countries don’t want to change their ways with China, they will need to prepare for the sounds of cannons,” the unsigned editorial said. “We need to be ready for that, as it may be the only way for the disputes in the sea to be resolved.”

Hillary Clinton argues for an increased military presence in the South Sea

“In the next 10 years, we need to be smart and systematic about where we invest time and energy, so that we put ourselves in the best position to sustain our leadership, secure our interests, and advance our values. One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will therefore be to lock in a substantially increased investment -- diplomatic, economic, strategic, and otherwise -- in the Asia-Pacific region”

Hillary’s article is powerfully written, but also fanciful. The plan is borrow from China, to increase the US military’s presence to contain China, and inflict the US way of life on them. That’s realistic.

Harvard Professor and economic historian Niall Ferguson has studied how empires decline. In an article entitled “The Sun could set suddenly on superpower as debt bites,” Niall Ferguson pointed to debt unsustainability as the source of the Hapsburg Spanish, Bourbon French, and British Empire sudden falls. Ferguson suggests when interest payments rise above that of defense spending, prior empires have fallen. This could happen to the US within the next decade.

For Hillary’s part, any notions of budgetary constraints are ignored by the Secretary of Defense, arguing that we can’t afford not to expand our presence.

Here’s a better idea idea. Perhaps Europe, India, and the ASEAN countries should pay for their own security, purchasing the goods from US defense companies that the US government can no longer afford.

Life is not always as we wish though. The market is notoriously poor at predicting wars. This is definitely a black swan risk that should be hedged against over the next decade, and beyond.

“One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will therefore be to lock in a substantially increased investment -- diplomatic, economic, strategic, and OTHERWISE -- in the Asia-Pacific region.”
This can clearly mean future US-led wars in the said region.

“We cannot and do not aspire to impose our system on other countries, but we do believe that certain values are universal.”
We have to admire Mrs. Clinton for her immense arrogance and downright jingoism. In a careful analysis on Hillary’s exaggerated confidence and lack of modesty, one can clearly sense the increasing fear, paranoia and uncertainty of America’s imminent political and economic ruin. Let's all hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Much love folks!
Lisa O.

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