SAJ wrote a book, too.
Heck, so did I. Don't know about Andy, but he made a great President.
Everybody go out and buy books. You can skip the Koran, I think.
They're possibly worth the read, if you happen to trade in a certain fashion. Do as you wish on this, certainly.
Opus? What opus? Who's leaving FR? Not I. I'm merely discontinuing commentary on this thread, conceding that I haven't the faintest clue whereof I speak regarding this and related topics, and geopolitical historical trends in general, and thus leaving the field of discussion entirely open to the agape of AndyJackson for Doctor Who.
Is there some rule here that says that one cannot simply become tired of having his ankles bitten on a given thread? (N.B. ... for the SLOW here (I expect the number of which to be either 2 or 3, btw), that was a rhetorical question.)
For those of you who like diagrams, it seems as if Barnett not only likes maps, but sees our role as the Global Network Administrator -
http://www.afei.org/pdf/nco2003/apr16/Thomas_Barnett.pdf