Lalin’s Column: Reflections on Obama’s “No boots on the ground” and Imperial Hubris
When Barack Obama was elected President of the USA, the world, pleasantly surprised and amazed, rejoiced. It awaited a more friendly America. Nowhere was the event more greatly welcomed than in the former non white colonies of the West. No better example of country’s maturity could ever have been made than for the ‘white’ dominated world’s single super power USA, to have an African American as its elected executive head.