Obama's historic victory was deservedly cheered the world over, if less so in American Republican circles. For the time being at least it is an end to Republican lies, fear-mongering, and proclamation of war-crimes to come.
Now for the hard part, after a brief period of honeymoon, will Obama bring in changes to American foreign policy? And domestically, will the decades of Republican lying about publicly funded health-care (being 'Commie' in nature, resulting in state-imposed choice of doctor, etc.) be set aside for a more humane, inclusive and affordable system of care for Americans?
In foreign policy will Obama end decades of fraudulent 'peace summits' for the Middle East, and bring genuine hope for Palestinians? Or will he stick to the odious and contemptible promises he made to Florida's Jewish voters to see that Jerusalem is never divided and so on.. (without a share of Jerusalem, no Palestinian state can survive, lacking a cultural and spiritual centre)...
Will he let the hawkish-on-Iraq Biden decide American policy in Iraq? What about Iran? Will the President-elect follow through on his declared intent to meet with its leaders without pre-conditions, but not just that, will he initiate a new phase of cooperation with the Iranians, who have been victims of American and British terror and war-crimes since 1950?
It is difficult to be optimistic about Obama's chances on all of the above...
Still, no harm in keeping fingers crossed, but no reason to hold one's breath.....
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