Current Event 4

  So what I learned this week through my current event is that know only do Americans have very big opinions about who becomes president, but so does the rest of the world! The editorial in the Washington Post concluded by polls by Gallup, BBC, and the Pew Foundation that Latin Americans, Africans, Asians, and Europeans favor Obama overwhelmingly.  I didn't even know they cared!  Most of these people, especially the Europeans, believe that Obama will reform Bush policies. What's not so great, or so the author of this editorial thought, is that where the U.S. needs the biggest boost, the Middle East, most people actually favor McCain, with only 22% of Jordanians, 31% of Egyptians, and 34% of Lebanese having confidence that Senator Obama will make the correct decisions regarding world affairs. Hmmmm... very interesting, wouldn't you say?

       When I first read this I thought, why do other countries care? It's not their problem, geez. Then I remembered, duh! What about the United Nations and NATO?! What about the war in Iraq!? We all have to work together and how well we get along heavily depends on who is elected President and how he is perceived by other countries.  If other national leaders don't approve of our president and are reluctant to work with him, then as my Physics teacher Mr. Johnson used to say: We'd have trouble in river city. (I don't know where river city is, but we'd have trouble, okay?) The author of this editorial, though, wanted to make it clear that he supports Obama, and a large majority of the world supports Obama, so Obama should be president. Well it's not over yet, dude. I mean, some people say it is, like my parents and pretty much the rest of the country, but hey, like the Red Sox won the other day, you never know what may happen. And if he is elected, will he do what other countries believe he will do?Clearly, though, if the world had their vote, Obama would be moving in the White House, like, now.