Was Obama's globe trotting trip productive?

Obama wants people to take the low road. Just his way to control people. I don't know about you but my expectations will always be high. Obama's pshycopolitics won't work if people take the moral high ground. He can't conquer people like that.  President Obama doesn't treat his body very well. I have never seen him pre- condition his self.(exercise, running, jogging). All President's before have taken care of themselves. It helps clear the mind, ease stress, and irritable mood changes. I just think Obama's heart isn't in it. He's lost this momentum.

It may well be that the result of his trip through Asia is that  Obama has had to learn that the USA faces very serious problems and dangerous adversaries, who can not be trusted. Maybe we will profit from this and be able to better assess our  situation and judge what needs doing?

At least talking to them, getting to know them personally and honestly attempting to find mutual interests and restore the world´s respect for America is miles better than just getting everybody´s back up and giving America a bad name by arrogantly refusing any dialog at all !

Well done. Obama !

Yes, it was productive if his goal was to alienate the US citizens and embolden terrorism. His attitude of apologizing for the US, when they alone except for Britain, have policed the world from scum for decades was humiliating. He showed our weaknesses and we are now completely a paper tiger.

i was watching a very interesting news roundtable on tv a couple of nights ago, with various well-placed and intelligent journalists arguing that Obama's trip East had been - basically - a flop. I'm not an Obama die-hard fan. I'm giving the dude a chance. i don't necessarily agree with how he handled the economic crisis ( how he's handling it. ) To give our hard-earned money to the very schemers and con-men who originally tipped the boat seemed the only logical way ( or so it was explained ) to right the boat again ; but i have more than serious doubts. So, he's in office, if he can keep it : hail to the chief ! If not...well somebody with a little more substance would do us. But, by the way, i think George W. wasn't fit to run a respectable kennel, and that he was a mistake right from the git-go. We have to be truly more critical, not be so fast to shoot off our mouths, but to really dig deep into the questions ( which i admit i'm not doing.)