Hillary Channels Thomas Barnett

Hillary said something important to the Chinese.

"By continuing to support American Treasury instruments the Chinese are recognizing our interconnection. We are truly going to rise or fall together," Clinton said at the US embassy here.

That is really close to a direct quote from Thomas Barnett's book Great Powers: American and The World After Bush. I don't necessarily agree with everything Tom says, but it is uncanny how well the events of this time fit right into his strategic model, at least in this bloggers opinion.

I think Tom is right, only we can screw up the future, and make a mess in the process of trying to disrupt that which we can't change anyway.

I'm waiting for the right time to bring the specific contents of the book into the blog conversation. I have a really good idea when the right time is, but we aren't there yet.