This Post is a response to an article in theGlobeandMail.com entitled:
We still Can't Read Obama
by Rex Murphy
Rex it may be that your argument has merit. I certainly believe Obama is a complex man and maybe we haven't figured him out yet.
But why is that a bad thing?
The world just had 8 years of a man that, as you indicated, had a single mindedness about him. His goal laudable, to keep America safe, but execution proved somewhat heavy handed and often unilateral.
Perhaps its time for a more big picture, complex view of governing.
President Obama has certainly undertaken an aggressive and formidable agenda. Perhaps he and his advisers believe that now is no time for timidity. Now is the time for bold strategies that could ONLY be undertaken in times of great upheaval.
Perhaps Obama recognizes the unprecedented opportunity to move America towards a more socially balanced, fiscally responsible country that favors diplomacy over confrontation, dialogue over sanctions.
Everything is perspective. Maybe Bush was wrong, or maybe Obama is wrong. Or perhaps the world is more complicated than that and there is no right or wrong answer.
We went in one direction for 8 years and few would argue the world is a better, safer place because of it. Perhaps its time to consider a different strategy from the man in the most powerful office in the world.
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