ARTICLE: Good Will, but Few Foreign Policy Benefits for Obama, By PETER BAKER, New York Times, September 19, 2009

Good analysis, but it misses the point. Obama has made it clear to the world that America (under him at least) no longer lives the illusion of running the planet, and so now we make nice.

But a lot of people seem to think that, by making nice, we'll still get to run the planet: framing every issue OUR way and looking for OUR preferred outcomes.

The learning is just beginning . . ..