<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ekuqaleni kuka-April 2009, intatheli yaseMelika uMarc Ambinder yabikezela ukuthi umongameli ngesikhathi esithile kwakuzodingeka athathe isikhundla esiwusizo ngokwengeziwe esimweni esingokomthetho seziboshwa. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uprofesa wezombangazwe zamazwe ngamazwe uDaniel Drezner wasikisela ukuthi i-Obama Doctrine yayithonywe isazi sefilosofi saseFrance uMontesquieu, ukucabanga kwakhe ngamazwi kaDrezner kungafingqwa ngokusobala ngokuthi izingxabano ezingenamsebenzi zibuthaka izingxabano ezidingekayo. I-Obama Doctrine, ngokwencazelo kaDrezner, kwakuwukulahla izinqubomgomo zangaphandle ezazingenazithelo futhi zingathandeki, ukuze kugxilwe ezindabeni ezibaluleke kakhulu futhi eziphuthumayo. Ngo-April 16, u-E.J. Dionne wabhala ikholomu ye-The Washington Post eveza umbono omuhle kakhulu walokho akubona njenge-Obama Doctrine. Ikholomu yafika ngemva nje kokuphumelela  <response>: ukuhlenga uKaputeni uRichard Phillips ezigebengwini zaseSomalia. Wachaza lemfundiso ngokuthi uhlobo lokukholelwa ngokoqobo olungesabi ukusebenzisa amandla aseMelika kodwa oluqaphela ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwawo kumelwe kulinganiselwe ngemingcele engokoqobo nangesilinganiso esithile sokuziqaphela. UDionne wabuye waveza ithonya uReinhold Niebuhr analo ku-Obama, futhi wacaphuna isixwayiso sikaNiebuhr sokuthi ezinye zezingozi ezinkulu kunayo yonke entandweni yeningi zivela ekushisekeni kwama-moral idealists angaqapheli ukonakala kwezintshisekelo zomuntu siqu nokuthi isizwe esinezinga elingenakulinganiswa lamandla ezombusazwe silingeka kabili ukuba sidlule imingcele yamathuba omlando. 