Obama was
Pro-India
U.S. President
Barack Obama delivered his seventh and last State of the Union address to a
House of Representatives chamber.
Obama was nice
to India. Washington’s China engagement was more reactive than proactive, and
led to more aggressive positions in the region. India, though, turned out to be the classic partner for Obama’s America
— there was enough bilateral economic depth to keep ties strong, and the shared
idiom of pluralistic democracy held the two nations together in a close but
light strategic embrace.
Obama was the
best President, American immigrants had. He tried to
control the world without going to Wars. President Obama will have an
outstanding place in history. In his speech he was right to remind the nation
in his final State of the Union address of how powerful the country is and how
optimistic Americans should be. He made an eloquent and persuasive case to
remember the values of tolerance and idealism that best define America. He
defended these values because that made the country strong and resilient. He
said:” The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our
diversity and our openness and the way we resurrect every faith.” President Obama’s vision is of the US as
the most powerful nation on earth, challenged, yet on the up once again,
growing jobs, with better health care and startling innovation.
Obama should be
congratulated for making overtures towards India. His multi-lateralism is widely appreciated across the ranks, which
resulted in Iran's coming to table and de-alienation of Cuba. The IS has been a challenge to deal with as
is evident from his present and many earlier addresses. Another bright spot in his career is the initiative
taken to nab the terrorists responsible for attack on India by chiding Pakistan
to take steps for speedy investigation in the last few days. It is clear that
he is striving for an Indo-Pak patch up before he vacates his office.
Obama's list of
once-in-a-century type contributions to Universal Healthcare,
Education/R&D, energy issues that have drastically reduced dependence on Arab
oil, agreement on Greenhouse gas emission and Climate change initiatives,
various significant agreements with so many countries including China, Iran and
Cuba etc. is a mile long. The world economy and definitely
that of the US was about to collapse when he took office. But Obama brought the
situation under control for which not only US but the whole world ought to be grateful to Obama
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