但是，他并没有提到高克的发言，因此也错失了一次强调奥巴马的一条关键外交政策原则大获成功的机会：随着美国不再充当世界警察、将更多的注意力转向外交而不是武力时，其他国家必须站出来。
But, by not referring to Gauck’s speech, he missed an opportunity to underline the success of one of Obama’s key foreign-policy tenets: as the US steps back from its role as global policeman and focuses more on diplomacy than force, other countries must step up.