I love myself! I love my country and I believe I will learn how to love Obama in time! I love Saudi Arabia too or else I wouldn’t be commenting or caring! I will bomb you will love bombs!

Nothing else to say!

Moreover, I am proud that the U.S. deliberately chose to elect a President that is pragmatic, intelligent, deliberative, well-spoken, and well-traveled.

As a child, Obama lived and went to public school in Indonesia while his mother, a PhD sociologist, worked to help poor families, particularly in areas of micro-financing. Her thesis paper is still considered the premier document used around the world. Sometime later in his life, he backpacked around SE Asia and the Middle East with a Pakistani friend. In Chicago, he spent many hours in the home of Rashid Khalidi, a Muslim and Professor at Columbia University. Obama says Khalidi challenged his thinking and ideology.

At Harvard Law School, he became the first Black elected to head the Harvard Law Review, the most prestigious position at the school. His other Afro-American colleagues expected premier positions to go to them, simply because they were Black. Instead, he chose people whom he thought were the best people for the positions. Many of whom were Conservative whites. They all agree that Obama is extraordinarily intelligent. They also state, unequivocally, that he knows how to bring people of differing opinions and ideas together.

He could easily have gone to work as an extremely high paid attorney and become a very wealthy man. Instead he took a low paying job helping disadvantaged, poor, forgotten people find jobs and gain a voice in politics to address their needs and wants.

But don’t be fooled that he will be weak and led around by special interest (moneyed) groups. That is not his reputation, going all the way back through his schooling, and why he built a online community of small donors and supporters. He speaks out for what he believes is the right thing. Moreover, he is not beholden to big money donors but to the millions of people who supported him and gave small donations. That’s something totally new in U.S. politics.

This week, he opened a web site, asking Americans to contribute their ideas, ask questions about policies and processes, and give their opinions. In other words, CHANGE from politics as usual.

So, what everyone in the Middle East is asking: how will he treat us?

First of all, he’s not interested in ME oil. His philosophy and promise is to wean the U.S. off oil through new green energy technologies.

Second, he will reduce the American troops in Iraq gradually over the next 16 months, as ground conditions permit, to enable the Iraqi people to govern themselves freely.

Nevertheless, he will work in conjunction with the Iraqi government to help them rebuild their country and its security.

Third, he will get to work as soon as possible on the Israeli-Palestinian problem. My belief is that he will be even handed with both sides. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he told Israel it had better pull back and agree to a settlement or face a severe loss of U.S. monetary support. He’s well known for having a velvet glove over a steel fist.

Third, he will work, both diplomatically and militarily, to change the dynamics in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Providing financial aid to Afghans and Pakistanis to rebuild and retool their economies. Decrease government fraud and greed. Taking advantage of his community organizing experience and the knowledge of micro-financing from his mother, he will work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to rebuild communities, develop local businesses, and create powerful political voices to challenge the status quo.

Fourth, he will work to change the dynamics in Darfur, Congo, Zimbabwe, and the rest of Africa where corrupt or violent leaders believe it is acceptable to slaughter thousands or millions of others for whatever reason.

But…and this is a very big BUT…the U.S. cannot accomplish these tasks alone. The rest of the world, including Middle Eastern and Asian countries, MUST help. American resources and manpower are not unlimited. We need the rest of the world to join with us to create a world where every single human being is considered valuable, regardless of race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity, or gender.

Fifth, he will work to decrease the animosity between Iran and the West. It would be a terrible mistake if Iran actually did develop a nuclear weapon. No country in the world needs nuclear weapons which is why Obama has stated that he wants to reduce the U.S. nuclear arms, enter into negotiation with other nuclear powers to decrease nuclear arsenals, and lock down the potential of any rogue state or group obtaining nuclear materials. Nuclear proliferation is the singularly most dangerous outcome facing the world and the human specie as a whole.

Lastly, I believe he will try to work in partnership with the ME to develop a better understanding among the peoples of our various countries. Only by understanding each other can we hope to survive the obstacles and challenges of the 21st Century.

I believe these things about Obama’s plans and thinking because I’ve researched his life and ideas as written by people who know him well. The world will see a different type leader, as opposed to the Bush Administration, in President Barack Obama. That I believe.

But rogue murderers, like Al Qaeda, cannot expect mercy from President Obama. The U.S.– and Allah (God) willing — and all other nations will never allow murderers to create the kind of havoc that could potentially destroy the world or any country.

We, as a community of human beings, have to be better than that havoc and death.

People of all shades and genders and religious persuasions have to come together to save ourselves and our planet. We have to become one community…which is how and why Obama won this U.S. election.

I understand that believing in Obama is difficult, especially after the last eight years of the Bush Administration. But, please, give President-Elect Obama, after he takes office on Jan. 20, a chance. Give the U.S. a chance to show you we really are better than the last eight years. Through our election process, we have thrown off the shackles of intolerance and narrow-minded ideology and pray for a better, more peaceful world.

I respect your opinions…

I am a unyielding REALIST.

I am an unyielding optimist!

I have never really heard Obama until I heard these words…

He has my full support!