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November 17, 2009 (LPAC)—Lyndon LaRouche declared on Monday that President Obama can be forced to break with the old policy axioms and go with the new trans-Pacific policy orientation, but that this will require a tremendous kick, from both the American people and from sane elements within the institution of the U.S. Presidency. "We are on a very short leash for the survival of civilization," LaRouche commented in discussions with colleagues today, "and the President has to be brought in line, despite himself."

LaRouche emphasized, "The future of the U.S.A. and the world lies in the trans-Pacific alliance between the United States, Russia, China and India. What we saw in Singapore, at the APEC summit over the weekend, was the continuing manifestation of the major shift in policy in Beijing and Moscow. The characteristic of this shift in the Chinese use of the debt of the United States as the basis for investment in high-technology development projects in Northeast Siberia. In the case of Russia, President Medvedev, in alliance with Prime Minister Putin and others, has repudiated Russia's disastrous policy of dependency on oil, gas and other raw material exports, and adopted a policy of innovation in science and technology, and massive infrastructure investment, typified by the agreements recently struck in Beijing by Putin, which put into implementation the agreements, reached earlier this year, between Presidents Medvedev and Hu Jintao."

LaRouche added, "This trans-Pacific cooperation, extended into the Indian Ocean region, is the key to the future of humanity. The old trans-Atlantic relations are collapsed, and will remain so, as long as Europe is held under the vise-grip of London through the Maastricht and Lisbon atrocities. The trans-Atlantic combination will exist, but it will be of diminishing importance. It is high time that those within the institution of the U.S. Presidency, who see this strategic shift coming from Beijing, Moscow and New Delhi, act decisively, to bring President Obama under control, and bring the United States into this new Four Powers combination, to defeat the power of the British imperial system of globalization, cartel looting, and Malthusian genocide."

According to one former Asian cabinet minister, who spoke to his delegation right at the conclusion of the Shanghai conference, there were two principal topics among the heads of state and delegations. First, there was almost universal frustration and disappointment in President Obama, and his failure to deliver on any of his lofty campaign promises. Second, there was constant discussion about the significance of the policy shifts from Russia and China, centered on their agreements to work together to develop the Far Northeast Asia region.

President Obama is on an eight-day Asia tour, which began in Tokyo, and then continued in Singapore, at the APEC summit. The President arrived on Sunday evening in Shanghai, and traveled on Monday to Beijing, where he will remain until Wednesday. At that time, he will travel to Seoul, South Korea, returning to Washington at the end of the week.