The man has taken on a poisoned chalice!
His predecessor has changed the world and not for the better. The children of many nations have been sacrificed on the alter of money/oil. If the new president has one achievement to make, it must be bringing those kids of all nations out of wars that will never be won.
I fear for his safety. As Kennedy was assassinated, obsequiously for his Roman Catholicism, will Obama be targeted because of his perceived difference?
I recall as a trade unionist, the joy felt in the United Kingdom, when the Conservative party were finally ousted after three terms. The country joined in the celebrations as we welcomed a socialist government!
"Things can only better!" This 'promise' was sadly forgotten, as they forced through draconian right wing laws that a Tory home secretary could only have dreamed off! An example would be the incarceration of terror 'suspects', without charge..... Middle Ages and Witch-Hunt springs to mind....
Things did not get 'better' here in the UK, they have got a great deal worse!
I wish the President well in his role, but as a human being, I wish him safety more!
Let us hope that he does a better job then Bush and the war Criminal Blair ever did!
If anyone wants to question the 'war criminal' comment, please do it apolitically, I am happy to set out reasons why invading a sovereign nation without a mandate from the United Nations would class as a crime.