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Barack Obama's Inauguration

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Dori:
Good topic!

His inaugurations did sound very socialistic (American way) for me, which is indeed a very good thing. I love the speeches of one of the padres. His own speech gave me hope for a more bright future. I must say that he made a good decision by freezing those lawsuits of Guantánamo. Justice returns to the world. I was suprised (and happy) to hear that he already called Abbas. I hope he will sentence Israel. The whole world is able to see how they transform the rural parts of Gaza into a moon scenery. It's a shame for the world.

It made me laugh when Obama correcting the Supreme Court Judge and than he made again a mistake, Obama correct, SCJ says the right words and Obama messed up.  :rotfl

And I love the performances of Shakira. She sang super, especially during her cover of brightside of the road (Von Morrison).  :wub

I think we must answer our post next year to see of he did not give us false up.

Andy Battaglia:
I was very pleased to see that Obama reached out to Muslims and spoke about forging new relationships. And I do think the US won't go rushing into wars like we did with Bush, who had a vendetta against Saddam and used his last orders as president to have his proxies use American made weapons dropped from American planes on the people of Gaza. That massacre was done solely to please Bush just as when the US shot down an Iranian civilian airliner in 1988 just to give the senile old fool Reagan a "special" 4th of July. I think the world will at least be safe from these irrational acts by these sick people. However, I do think that Obama will not be able to do much about what is already entrenched in the US military and intelligence agencies, regardless of how good his intentions. My hopes for Obama are more domestic, in that we do expect changes in the priorities of the US at home, and this would be a positive. I wish him the best but realize that there are many people who want to see him fail and will do all they can to make that happen.

Manal:
Good Luck Andy :wink

manal

Canadian_Family:

--- Quote from: Andy on January 21, 2009, 11:22:31 PM ---However, I do think that Obama will not be able to do much about what is already entrenched in the US military and intelligence agencies, regardless of how good his intentions.
--- End quote ---

I agree......

Its not as easy as most people think. In my opinion its only going to worsen with time.

Poirot:
I agree, Andy, with your assessment.

The best we can hope from Obama is that:

1. US gets serious about multilateral co-operation again
2. Tries to fix health care in the US
3. Gets Wall Street to pay for all their excesses

But, I am afraid that expectations are sky-high, and people are going to be disappointed - both in the US and outside.

What gives me a good laugh, though, is the irony - the people of America have such high hopes of a politician, who has come out of the political system of .......... Chicago!!! I wonder what Daly thinks?

Poirot

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