Oh noes! Look what book Obama is reading!. It’s The Post American World! Clearly Obama is swotting up on how to bring America’s dominance to an end, encourage the rise of Muslim holy war, and something about Manchuria.
On the other hand, the opening line of the book is “This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” It explains what might happen in the future, based on the informed opinion of a respected foreign commentator. I know that thinking about the future and stuff is out of fashion, but I consider it a good sign that we might have an American president who understands that wishing doesn’t always make it so.