September 23, 2025
Writes Patrick Foy:
Well here’s a welcomed straw in the wind. Supposedly, reportedly, the long trumpeted “pivot to Asia” is off. It must have finally occurred to someone in Washington that the declared target, the “great enemy” China, cannot be bullied. And that the U.S. Treasury cannot in any event afford such a grandiose adventure, another crusade to nowhere.
The internationalist and globalist Financial Times is my source. Specifically, the Grand Poobah of “Swamp Notes”, one Rana Foroohar. According to her, Washington strategists have concluded, “…the U.S. simply does not have enough military capacity to protect the world anymore.” So a reimagined “Monroe Doctrine” is in the cards. South America is more amenable to being kicked around.
The non-pivot to Asia must be a bitter sweet pill for Rana. She sees risks for an “isolationist” comeback. Anytime common sense is applied to U.S. foreign policy, self-satisfied establishment commentators scream, “isolationism!” It’s like when anyone objects to the slavish U.S. relationship with Israel. Must of course be “anti-semitism!” In short, common sense be damned!
See this.
