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Feb 02, 2010 Letters
Dear Editor,
On the 26th January a letter by GHK Lall in SN painted a bleak picture of President Obama’s future based on all the polls and commentaries in the USA.
According to Lall, Obama is failing miserably and will be a one term President. I disagree with Mr. Lall’s analysis and would venture to predict exactly the opposite despite all the evidence to the contrary.
Politics, I would argue, is the one part of mankind’s make-up which is really, most times, like a mirage; in effect, what I mean is that we (could be a large part of the population) might see something that we believe to be the pressing reality politically when in fact, it really is a transitional mental frame of political consciousness.
For example, take Zambia’s politics; I remember when President Chiluba visited Guyana and President Cheddi entertained him at State House and everyone was so impressed because he brought a new beginning for Zambia’s future but yet eight years later, he was removed from office because he had changed to be more authoritarian and tried to subvert the constitution to serve a third term.
Take South Africa where, in the minds of the world, racialism was the order of the day and Mandela was in prison, and yet in just four years he was President of a free and progressive country which had been the pariah of the world; and imagine the white politicians joined Mandela to develop South Africa together.
Look at Napoleon of France in the early 1800s who from virtually no-where emerged as the maximum leader and eventually Emperor and was exiled to a remote island after being defeated by Allied European forces; everyone in the world wrote him off but in a short time he escaped and returned to France a hero and was finally defeated in one of the world’s greatest battles, Waterloo. Right here in Guyana, the transitional mental frame of political consciousness invites us to believe that racial voting patterns will always be predominant but that is not necessarily true and that is why the opposition needs to get it’s act together in order to bring the necessary changes we all need for a better future.
The point I’m trying to make, is that the situation which Mr.Obama finds himself in, does not necessarily, in any way, mean that in a few short years, the situation cannot be reversed. And the facts speak for themselves.
Take the internal situation in the USA where Obama has laid all the groundwork for a future of growth by stimulating the economy in more ways than one – the $787 billion initial investment and bail-out plan will eventually create jobs; Obama is laying a comprehensive plan to rid the US on it’s dependence on foreign oil and the new technologies and industries to generate new power sources will create jobs in the US economy; his conservation policies will result in new enterprises been born and jobs created (for example in the management of waste which is now becoming an energy source and which will spawn new industries and more jobs); in education, Obama is investing heavily and the country will see results in a few short years, thus securing the USA’s credentials in science, technology and inventiveness – this will create high paying jobs and expand the reach of research and development in areas of underwater(ocean) resources to the frontiers of space; Obama’s policies and investment priorities include better rail, bus and airline services which will increase commerce in the USA and thus create more business opportunities; Obama’s health care plan will be passed by the Congress and Senate and will bring positive results to the whole economy of the United States because it will invigorate the investment possibilities in the fields of health, especially in research and will place the USA in the frontline of medical innovation; the list of President Obama’s initiatives in the USA can go on and on because the truth of the matter is that he is tackling problems head-on and positive results will show before his re-election in 2012.
Internationally, Obama is on the correct course and will bring the military involvements of the USA to successful conclusions and thus enhance his standing with the US electorate; this will increase commerce and trade with the rest of the world thus bringing growth and security to the American economy and secure a second term in office for the President.
With the balkanization of the former communist Soviet Union and the growing economic power of the European community, trade links and new commercial corridors will present openings for innovative and revolutionary technologies which the USA under Obama will take advantage of and this will further advance his claim to a second term and his place in history.
I have to disagree with Mr. Lall and point out to him that there is a supreme being and right always in the end, conquers wrong; good always, in the end conquers evil; all because of the power of the human spirit with its intrinsic strength and durability.
The human spirit placed President Obama in the powerful position he now holds and it is the same human spirit which will keep him there because Obama is following the laws of the human conscience, possesses the dedication of making the world a better place and has the wisdom to believe in change with the endurance to fight for it to the end.
Obama will be around as President of the USA and leader of the world community until 2016, of that I am sure. Can he be one of the greatest American presidents? Yes he can!
Cheddi Joey Jagan Jr.
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