You may have a poor opinion of Powell as evidence by the picture, but he did say this, in the next paragraph (I even Bolded the text of the statement).
I did read your bold. I should have bolded "spreading" to make my point. That's the solution as opposed to trying to solve the worlds environmental and economic problems.
What I was trying to say is that by having democratic ideals these problems tend to take care of themselves, as opposed to the world trying to solve the "problems" that come with a free-society as put forth in the China/Oil example.
I realize I don't make myself clear sometimes. Nevermind.