Waning US global influence ..

Waning US global influence due to the botched attempts in Iraq and Afghanistan puts Obama in a piquant situation trying to elevate US interests and influence across the world.. Obama is in Indonesia from India followed by S Korea and Japan ..

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All this sounds a planet away from those Tea-Partying Americans who think that the U.S. can bomb its way out of any political and economic difficulties abroad. It now falls to Mr. Obama to advance their education; and he will most likely fail in this thankless task. But it cannot be said that this President, once a street kid in Jakarta, did not try, or that he ever imagined he could hustle into form the new and intractable Asia.
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Good article 

http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/10/stories/2010111052471300.htm

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