George Bush presidency has left many problems unsolved as the war in Iraq and the New Orleans reconstruction among other issues. His presidency has not so far been political success losing his credibility and the American people trust even from the people who once believed in him. Yet some polls have called him one of the worse presidents during the United States history. Now that his term is about to end on Jan. 20, 2009, George Bush is leaving a great responsibility in the hands of our new leader in office. That’s not going to be an easy task but a dangerous assumption.
On October the 1st of 2007 Roger Cohen published an opinion column in the New York Times mentioning what the American people need as a leader “The next leader has to be curious. Presidential body language needs to say “I’m one of you.” We as U.S. citizens want a trustworthy president in charge of the future of our country someone who’s going to take care of important issues as the problems that emerged since 9/11, we most end the war in Iraq and find new ways to end terrorism.
The next president must work with our allies and focus on growth and integration propagating our values: pluralism, rule of law, independent media, and market economies to the other nations.
The Iraq-linked damage to U.S. credibility is too severe to be quickly undone.” The net loss of Western influence over the world means the ability of Bush’s successor to shape events is diminished.” Bush’s successor must confront one of this century’s central challenges: the transition to a low-carbon global economy, regional diplomacy involving Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran, create new ways to improve third world countries economy as India, Brazil and Africa.
At the end of his article Cohen mentions that “the world will be much more dangerous without the responsible exercise of U.S. power in the name of barrier-breaking instead of barrier-building.” The next president must sell that conviction.
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