Michael Green, associate professor of foreign service and former director of Asian policy under President Bush, on remarks by Japan's presumptive prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, that some have called anti-American:

"It was an indication they still haven’t figured out what they’re going to do in power. This could get confused and dysfunctional for a while."

U.S. is Seeing Policy Thorns in Japan Shift

September 1, 2009, The New York Times