There is a caricature of America’s “pivot” to Asia and it goes something like this: the Middle East and south Asia are the graveyard of US power and prestige and Washington must cut its losses to these ungrateful nations as quickly as possible and turn its full attention to the21st century that is playing out on more peaceful and profitable shores in the Asia-Pacific region. This concept of the pivot is posited not only to be in American interests but is also the supposed preference of most Asian nations.
有一幅关于美国“重返亚洲”战略的讽刺画,大意如下:中东和南亚是美国权力和威望的墓地,华盛顿必须尽快在这些不知感恩的国家止损,并将全部注意力转向21世纪的顶梁柱——更加和平、更有利可图的亚太地区。这种“重返亚洲”的理念,被描绘成不仅符合美国利益,也理应受到大多数亚洲国家的欢迎。