The first black American president from mixed heritage was meant to be the beacon for hope not only in the west but a means to unite the world. However the dream has crashed into reality where barely a year has passed with no real achievements on his part. Both at home and abroad Obama has failed to deliver on the ‘change we can all believe in.'
On home ground there has been a series of setbacks which are quickly turning his dream into a nightmare. Campaign promises relating to the economy, healthcare, the environment have seen little change. Not only are there still huge problems in providing jobs for the millions of destitute Americans but Obama at times has been reluctant to curb the irresponsible behaviour of bankers, stating "Why is it that we're going to cap executive compensation for Wall Street bankers but not Silicon Valley entrepreneurs or [American] football players?" in response to a disciplinarian idea for greedy bankers.
The environment is another area of disappointment where like his predecessor Obama continues to drag his feet on the issue of reducing green house emissions, even lagging behind China in fuel efficiency quotas. Additionally in the most important issue of reducing overall emissions, Obama refused a proposal of a 20% reduction from 1990 levels by 2020.
As for the apparently charitable health care initiative for millions who go without basic healthcare, Obama has faced nothing but opposition not only from the Republicans but also from much of the public citing it as ‘un-American'. The most recent blow came in the shape of the Massachusetts senate seat, usually a safe haven for democrats, which now means the Republicans can disrupt any bill Obama wishes to introduce, like the healthcare initiative.
Obama's Nobel peace prize also came along side his increasing insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, whilst sustaining the Iraqi occupancy. His vision has been permanently fixed on foreign objectives for the past year, reminding the American public through the deployment of 30,000 more U.S soldiers in Afghanistan. This has resulted in thousands of deaths and even more displaced families now living in tents.
The failure continues to the middle east where he initially gave hope of a even hand in the troubles in Palestine, where in his speech in an Egyptian university in June called for a balanced look at the troubles stating "So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own". The reality is far from the fantasy of Obama rhetoric. The past year has shown him to merely continue the Bush policy of containment of Israel whilst maintaining the politically advantageous relationship.
Israel has continued to build settlements even though Obama has repeatedly called for a halt to such construction, resigning Obama to concentrate on negotiations between the warring parties. This failure to reign in Israel increases Obama's inept appearance, further exposing Obama's agenda not in championing the Palestinian cause but in controlling its problem child.
As the ummah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, we are not surprised or disappointed by these consequences a year down the line. The cycle of disappointment will only break when we analyse the problems we are enveloped in. The way to understand any country or leader is to first understand their viewpoint, the way in which they view their life and how they solve their problems.
The US continues to bleed from two wars which have now lasted longer than WW2, the only consistently with Obama is the fact that he will continue with the policies developed by the same foreign policy experts of the Bush era and Obama has no plans to deviate from such a path.
Instead of clutching on to the hope of Western leaders we like the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and sahabah resist this temptation for ease and instead follow his صلى الله عليه وسلم sunnah and call for resumption of the Islamic way of life brought to life by the Khilafah lead by our sincere leader.
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Ahmad Kamal Khattak
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Why do we look at the Americans all the time. Don't we (as Muslims) have enough wealth, resources, territories, people and potential to establish a better country than US? If we have, why shouldn't we strive to gather our own force and try to emerge as one united nation which sets the rules for the rest of the world rather than writing about a person who is presiding a country millions of miles away in the pacific somewhere? |
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Ali
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Why should anyone consider Obama to be better than Bush? Someone could argue Bush had values closer to Muslims in for example more faith centred politics, opposition to gay marriages and so on. The reality is that both Bush and Obama follow the same viewpoint of putting American interests first before anything else. They both will struggle against the establishment of the Khilafah state. They both believe America is a beacon of light to the world and that she has the right to interfere in other countries affairs. They both have an inherent bias towards Israel. Regardless of the differences in emphasis and style between the two when it comes to Islam and muslims they will seek to attempt to change Islam into simply a 'religion' like Christianity which has no role on laws to do with public life. |
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micheal smith
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Injustice and the cruelty of the Europe and the USA:- There has been a lot of injustice being done to the nations in the history and USA has broken all of the records by adopting a policy which is an open hypocrisy against the Palestinian people who have been displaced from their own lands and the ones who’ve been thrown out of the Europe were settled in the Palestine and they name it Israel, microsoft exam guides I mean this is a barbaric example of Injustice being done by the West, USA and Israel, anyways the creator of this whole universe is observing every thing and the time is very soon when a revolution will replace all cruel and unjust establishments with the righteous and the Just ones. Websites are always helpful in one way or the other, anyways, a good way to get started to renovate your dreams into the world of reality. Thanks Micheal, |
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nisar
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As salaam, One thing is very clear to understand for those who even had a little bit of faith in the color changed president of USA, its not the person or the group of people who can change the way of governing but rather its the Ideology from which the governing system evolves which could bring the real change, The policy of the capitalist, communist or any other Ideology except Islam never bother about the name of the person who would lead them or the background where he comes from but they are very much concerned about the Ideas what the person carries because its the thoughts and ideas of the person that can change every thing once they are given the platform not the name or background. Islam is the only Deen which openly welcomes any one as long as he is under the basic acceptance of the rules of its sharia to lead the ummah weather it be black or white, easterner or westerner or such as long as he take this deen the base of governing or ruling. The history of Islamic ruling proudly proves the benefits, justice and all succesfull achievements happened during its rule, and also clearly shows the whole world and the Muslim ummah that Islam is only the solution for all problems that exist in the world and ultimately the only deen which will give the path to jannah in the life after death. INSHALLAH. |
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Nizamul HUda
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Assalamualikum bro, This is only starting period of their nightmare,it will become actually horrible for them when khilafah will reestablish.The upcoming khilafah will be their closing of coffin of capitalist-imperialist,kufr power.Now it is our time to celebrate the blessing of Allah(swt)"s nusrah(help) and fatah(victory).Now enjoy the work for khilafah,the only system for human being to live on earth,the rightly guided system ,the method of prophet(saw).Dear brothers and sisters attack the kufr and destry it by the light of your IMAN and enlighten thought of ISLAM.Then there will be the khilfah rshida(the rightly guided) in the way of prophethood.jzk |
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