With the election of Barack Obama as the new president of United States, I believe a new era of international affairs has started.
I personally like him as a politician and am a great fan of his public speaking skills (at least one thing will be greatly different in the new president). If I were a US citizen I probably would have voted for him as well. This is indeed a historical moment for USA and the world. The election of an African American as the president is a big deal, if you look at the history of United States.
History is full of stories of how African Americans were denied basic human rights in the USA not too long ago. If you want to know more about it you should read the book Roots: The Saga of an American Family
It also proves that people of America have finally developed the sense and maturity to look beyond the color of the skin of a person and see what is in the heart and soul of him.
To be honest, as much as I wanted Obama to win, I did not expect it. I was skeptical about people of America electing a Black man as their president. I was afraid that deep inside the heart of white Americans there is hatred for Blacks, and they will never accept a black man as their ruler.
I am so relieved to have been proven wrong.
I hope Obama will do whatever it takes to fix the damage caused by his predecessors. If he is able to do that he will not only be remembered as the first black president, but also as one of the greatest president of the Unites States of America.
Hear hear! I can’t describe the mood here in Chicago - of solidarity and pride and hope. What’s even more interesting is the sense of arrival of a postracial era - where a man is elected for his character and not the color of his skin or his partisanship. It’s truly a historic moment and one of great importance for the United States and the world.
He may prove good for Americans but forget that he will do any good for the rest of Muslim world. I wonder, what makes non-Americans so happy? Just a fact that Americans have elected a Black president? Let’s see, what their foreign policy says about Pakistan. I don’t hope enough.
GH » why do muslims expect someone from outside to come and solve their problems? If they don’t have the ability to do any good for themselves there is no way an outsider will come and assist. Same goes for Obama’s policy about Pakistan. Obama is going to be president of USA, not president of Pakisan! Whatever he is going to do is going to be beneficial for USA. Pakistani people (and government) should stop expecting from USA, Russia, China, France etc. and rely only on Allah.
Yeah, this is what i was telling you.