The Herald: International hopes should be pinned on Obama

[TeamJordan23]

International hopes should be pinned on Obama

Obama is capable of electrifying oratory and he can write prose of beguiling beauty. Of course, this is not enough, but he also has freshness and decency. Even his inexperience is an asset, when you compare him with the more hard-bitten Clinton. Now the naysayers are saying he knows nothing of foreign affairs, he has not met many world leaders, and so on. So what? George W Bush met many world leaders before he became president, and this did not prevent him from leading his country to disaster.

In the course of this century, the US presidency will diminish in significance, as new global superpowers such as India, China, a revitalised Russia and perhaps even Brazil become evermore significant. But for the present, America - not least because of its myriad battalions, its colossal ordnance and its vast armadas - is the country that matters most. The catastrophic current US president has made mistake after mistake, and he has damaged far more than his own country.

We have just over a year before the new president assumes power and grasps the hopes not just of America, not just of the West, but of decent human beings across our entire planet. Barack Obama is the only one who seems a deserving repository of all this amassed human hope.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresopinon/display.var.1927576.0.International_hopes_should_be_pinned_on_Obama.php

[K Gardner]

1. I saw a lot of this same sentiment in Italy a few months ago..

from one end of the "boot" to the other, everyone knew who Obama was and wanted to know more about him. It seemed to transfix them that he was even running and I heard a lot about "not giving up on America". They don't like what we've done, but they remember what we were. They hope for that again. I hope for it, too.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Oh boy let him send them when he gets the bomb for Iran

[sniffa]

3. lame

but again, you really should at least start your own OPs so we can get them to the GP.

[TeamJordan23]

4. This is the second time you make such an allegation. Where is the proof???? nm

[babylonsister]

5. Thanks for this great article, TeamJordan23.

Freshness and decency. That's been in short supply for too many years! Hope! That's what I get from Obama! :thumbsup:

[K Gardner]

6. Kick

[AtomicKitten]

7. Great article.

thanks for posting ;)