Kudos to Barack Hussein Osama. He is living proof that anything is - still - possible in the Land of opportunities. The big question however, is, "now what?". His predecessor George W. Bush has made it almost impossible for him to do anything that costs money. It's like trying to rebuild a village that has been pillaged by Vikings and burned to the ground. Where do you start?
The National Debt Clock at New York's Times Square had to be adjusted this October at the hight of the financial crisis to make place for the digit "1" at the same place where the $ sign is. The government’s debts have ballooned so badly the New York landmark has run out of digits to record the spiraling figure. Whatever his plans are: where will he get the funding from? It seems to me that this is an almost impossible task? Although Obama won't be president until next year he already started to find the right people for his government who will help him with the changes he wants to make.
Like most Europeans I hope that Obama will start by closing down Guantanamo Bay. After that he has the daunting task to try to get all the military safely out of Iraq and into Afghanistan. He also said he would go after Osama Bin Laden. But first and foremost he will need to - somehow - boost the American economy.
Given the state of the Union the big question is: how to pay for change? I guess we will find out in the next few months when news will trickle down the grapevine.
