Fighting talk amid the shrinking of American might

Another Obama "red line"?    "Using unusually strong language, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took aim at Beijing's handling of territorial disputes with its Asian neighbors."

Financial Times   "Obama is seeking to scale back US global responsibilities without signalling a retreat."
... "Mr Obama’s feelings on the matter may explain the uncharacteristic* gracelessness with which he sometimes criticises Mr Bush."

*"uncharacteristic"? Where on earth did they come up with that term for this petulant, vengeful man?