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Place the expectations high, the challenges even higher and revel in the failure. Will failure be Obama’s legacy? With the monumental challenges facing Obama and the initial, global, idealistic view that occurred with his election, an impatient world has begun to ask how much change Obama can really deliver.

The Middle East crisis Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Gaza, North Korea, the Guantanamo Bay prison and a deepening global recession has the world losing faith in the idealism felt earlier with the election of Obama.

Too many people, expecting too many things, with the view on America as though we, as a nation, can solve all the world’s problems, is bound to leave a few, somewhat, disappointed. According to Reginald Dale, a senior at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, “The United States can’t solve all the world’s problems.”

“It doesn’t have enough money or military power and the president is constrained by Congress and the constitution.” He points out that the constitution was designed by the founding fathers “who wanted to stop someone from being like a monarch.”

While around the world and on the street most people still view Obama as a man of honor, emotion, understanding and hope, a person who will spread justice around the world, just last week posters of Obama were set on fire in Tehran, in protest over the Israeli invasion of Gaza, to shouts of “Death to Obama!”; taking a stance against Obama before he has even been sworn into office.

Obama has expressed concern over the Palestinians in the Gaza area but says he feels, in terms of international policy, only one voice should be heard coming from America and that is the voice of the current president of the United States, President Bush. Things may change on that level after his inauguration on Tuesday.

There are many developing countries who rely on U.S. aide, which in the past has been generous however, with so many American’s losing their homes and their jobs, will the need arise to cut back on foreign assistance until our economy begins to show signs of recovery. Even the closure of Guantanamo is turning out to be more difficult than once envisioned. Some experts say it could take as much as a year to accomplish.

There is a rough road ahead and only the strong survive. I only hope Obama’s mindset is that failure is not an option.

And that’s the way I see it!!!

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