Go down the street in Malaysia or anywhere else in South East Asia the mere mention of America is enough to illicit feelings of wonder and amazement. Whether its because of Hollywood or the Western Digital company in town hiring thousands of workers and providing them with thoughtful working conditions and sensible care, for most of us in South East Asia America conjures a model country to aspire to become or a dream migration destination. Yet when you read much of the political course coming out of the US these days, its as if the country is really bad shape.
From what I gather a lot of people have no jobs, the living is tough, people are suffering from health problems because they can't afford medical care and the country is being overrun by poor people migrating illegally and easily past its borders and there is also the crumbling infrastructure. How can such a country be great?
All this is happening while the US economy is recovering from the massive downturn in 2007-2008. So what's with the need for the 2007-2008 language being resurrected by the fight for the US Presidency? It seems disjointed that a candidate who can fear monger the best might become the next US President, hopefully this will not happen.
All said and done the US is looked up to by most of Asia and hopefully we won't end up having to deal with a US President who is a pseudo dictator whose only strength is sowing negativity and fear. So far as I can see the Obama Presidency has saved us a lot of turmoil because if the US military had gone in with boots on the ground in Egypt and Syria countries like Malaysia who are US allies would be massive targets for an even larger scale Islamic terror organisations than are the ones around.
Many miss the significance of Obama's effectiveness in combating terrorism. When Osama bin Laden was taken down it dealt a huge blow to Islamic terrorist organisations because for once there was a US President who understood the cat and mouse game that is the bread and butter of terrorism. The only way the US could have gained intelligence in finding is Osama was by partnering with Indian intelligence. Most US Presidents think that their most loyal ally in South Asia is Pakistan, not true. India is a much more sensible ally to the US compared to Pakistan. Obama was smart enough to turn the tables around in South Asia in allying with India in its battle against terrorism and decisive enough to get Osama in Pakistan's borders without even informing Pakistan's leaders. He knew Pakistan would have to accept US incursion because of their complicity in harbouring Osama while still demanding funds from the US to fight terrorism.
Obama understands the long haul required to take down terrorist networks. He knows that throwing fire power around like a madman in a show of force will beget more enemies than allies. So the idea that you can easily wipe out terrorists by carpet bombing them or throwing the might of the US military recklessly is foolish and smacks of intellectual stupidity. Terrorists don't live in specially marked camps, they live in homes like you and I. I hope when the US Presidential elections come around this year you all pick a President who will maintain your greatness as it is if not enhancing it. Please don't elect a know nothing buffoon or a vexing fox who will end up giving all of us problems.
From what I gather a lot of people have no jobs, the living is tough, people are suffering from health problems because they can't afford medical care and the country is being overrun by poor people migrating illegally and easily past its borders and there is also the crumbling infrastructure. How can such a country be great?
All this is happening while the US economy is recovering from the massive downturn in 2007-2008. So what's with the need for the 2007-2008 language being resurrected by the fight for the US Presidency? It seems disjointed that a candidate who can fear monger the best might become the next US President, hopefully this will not happen.
All said and done the US is looked up to by most of Asia and hopefully we won't end up having to deal with a US President who is a pseudo dictator whose only strength is sowing negativity and fear. So far as I can see the Obama Presidency has saved us a lot of turmoil because if the US military had gone in with boots on the ground in Egypt and Syria countries like Malaysia who are US allies would be massive targets for an even larger scale Islamic terror organisations than are the ones around.
Many miss the significance of Obama's effectiveness in combating terrorism. When Osama bin Laden was taken down it dealt a huge blow to Islamic terrorist organisations because for once there was a US President who understood the cat and mouse game that is the bread and butter of terrorism. The only way the US could have gained intelligence in finding is Osama was by partnering with Indian intelligence. Most US Presidents think that their most loyal ally in South Asia is Pakistan, not true. India is a much more sensible ally to the US compared to Pakistan. Obama was smart enough to turn the tables around in South Asia in allying with India in its battle against terrorism and decisive enough to get Osama in Pakistan's borders without even informing Pakistan's leaders. He knew Pakistan would have to accept US incursion because of their complicity in harbouring Osama while still demanding funds from the US to fight terrorism.
Obama understands the long haul required to take down terrorist networks. He knows that throwing fire power around like a madman in a show of force will beget more enemies than allies. So the idea that you can easily wipe out terrorists by carpet bombing them or throwing the might of the US military recklessly is foolish and smacks of intellectual stupidity. Terrorists don't live in specially marked camps, they live in homes like you and I. I hope when the US Presidential elections come around this year you all pick a President who will maintain your greatness as it is if not enhancing it. Please don't elect a know nothing buffoon or a vexing fox who will end up giving all of us problems.
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