The recent Order from Chaos interview with U.S. Army Pacific Commander General Vincent Brooks is not just a useful perspective on the Asia-Pacific from an official responsible for the conduct of American policy. It is also an implicit but important response to ongoing discussions about the Obama administration's approach policy toward Asia. The tenor of the public commentary has been that the administration's “pivot” or “rebalance” marked a major shift in U.S. global policy, that its focus was military only, and that its goal was to contain China. General Brooks corrects those misimpressions.