Was that his objective?
It does make China and Saudi Arabia more potent on the world stage. This might be well recieved by others who might seek out as mentors:
(1) Frank Marshall Davis who said,
(a) “I feel strong sympathy for the Communist minority who are being oppressed for their political beliefs;”
(2) Jeremiah Wright whose sermons included the phrase
(a) “G_d___ America,” and
(b) whose church gave an award recognizing the contributions to society made by Rev. Lois Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam; and
(3) Bill Ayers
(a) domestic terrorist,
(b) who bombed the Pentagon,
(c) who was quoted by an undercover FBI agent as saying that after the revolution succeeded and the government was overthrown, they believed they would have to eliminate 25 million Americans who would not conform to the new order,
(d) who was quoted by the NYT saying “I don’t regret setting bombs” and
(e) “I feel we didn’t do enough,” and
(f) who recently had himself photographed for a magazine cover standing on the U.S. flag.
(4) Rev. Farrakhan
(a) sermons included the phrase “Judaism is a gutter religion,” and
(b) that when Obama talks “the Messiah is absolutely speaking”.’
‘We’re out of money’
–Drudge Report
Frank Marshall Davis
–Wikipedia
Bill Ayers
–Wikipedia
Farrakhan on Obama: ‘The Messiah is absolutely speaking’
—WorldNetDaily