and doesn't china and the whole global financial system have to be his focus? that's not traditionally what we think of when we think of foreign policy, but it's really important. and the world economy isn't working. that was the lesson of 2008. if the world needs america to show leadership, surely that has to be at the top of his agenda. >> it's not working for others very well either. where does america need to focus in terms of sorting out the world? that has to be number one. >> there is an interesting symbolism with the photographs beginning with the chinese stealth plane. whether it's a real plane, whether it's any good, that's another question. but the world's attention has dramatically shifted from things middle eastern or south asian into an entirely new direction. china no longer just seems an economic threat if you want to call it that or an economic issue there is a strategic question. >> the stealth plane they may or may not have worries me less