John Kerry And The Restraint Of American Power In US Foreign Policy -- Stephen Kinzer, The Guardian
The key issue facing Hillary Clinton's replacement at State is whether he can temper interventionist instincts with new realism
A couple of months ago, Senator John Kerry showed up more than an hour late for a reception at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. An aide whispered that Kerry's flight home from Dubai had been delayed.
No one knew that Kerry had traveled to Dubai, and no announcement was made afterward. All that is known, even unofficially, is that he was on a private diplomatic mission for President Obama. He has made many of these.
In some parts of the world, especially in the volatile region that stretches from the Persian Gulf to Central Asia, Kerry is already a familiar figure in the corridors of power. He has also established an evidently strong working relationship with Obama. Even the fact that his friends in the Senate brutally crushed his main rival for the job, Susan Rice, who is one of Obama's close and trusted advisers, was not enough to sour the president on his nomination.
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My Comment: What will restrain U.S. power is not Secretary of State John Kerry .... it is America's debt crisis and not having the money to influence world events.
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