Obama's First 69 Days as the President of the U.S

Barack Obama (Ilta-Sanomat)

Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President of The United States on 20th of February 2009, so he has been the President for 69 days. This is a scan about Obama's journey as the President so far.

When Obama became the President of the U.S he was in the middle of huge mess in many sectors and he got terrible legacy from the Bush's administration, for example wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, sinking economy and increasing trade deficit of the U.S.
During the presidental campaign Barack Obama promised to make the U.S better place and improve diplomatic relations with European countries, especially with Russia. Now after 69 days of presidency some things have been improved, but most of the things he promised during the campaign have remained undone. Is Obama really the savior of the world or is he just another U.S president who fails?

Right now the economical situation in the world is so difficult that the result of the crisis will answer to the previous question. So far Barack Obama has executed a multi-billion dollar bail out plan, ordered to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison,announced the plan to withdraw most of the U.S troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010 and to send over 20,000 troops to Afghanistan. Critics have claimed that the bail out plan is going to fail and the wars in Afhganistan and Iraq are not even close to an end.


U.S soldier in Iraq (Time)

However those are not Obama's only problems, he also has a big domestic problems like energy, health care, education and security. Like the special military correspondent of the Washington Post Thomas E. Ricks lately stated in the panel of military power : "President Barack Obama has inherited the worst foreign policy line up, I think any president have ever taken on and the scary part is that it is not even his worst problem."

Time will show where the Obama's administration will go, but probably most of the people hopes that it will make an effort they promised rather than fail miserably. I personally hope to see how the first black president of the U.S will make the world a better place to live.