Barack Hussein Obama makes history
On July 03 this year I made my predictions on this blog regarding three issues that were of concern to the world at large. One was that Barack Obama will be the first black US president. And indeed the senator from Illinois was elected as the 44th US president.
He won an overwhelming support of Americans both black and white and thus history was made by Barack. And it is worth celebrating his victory although I'm not sure yet as to how it will benefit us as Africans.
It also remains to be seen how he will handle the issue of Iraq, Afghanistan, the war on terror and the Israel-Arab conflict particularly Iran's uranium enrichment programme.
On the other two issues regarding the price of oil and the imminent attack on Iran by Israel I think that it is just a matter of time before these happen. As soon as the world financial crisis is under control the price of oil will skyrocket. The markets enjoy managing one crisis or another.
The tensions in the Middle East won't be resolved, not now. War is imminent in that part of the world as long as Islamic extremists believe that Israel must be destroyed and Israelis believe in their right to exist.
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