Snipped from HuffingtonPost.com.

Well, I have got to say that back in Dec. ‘07, I had it right. In a small portion of an article I wrote back almost a year ago, I mentioned how whom we voted for president would have an immediate impact on our foreign relations with certain key countries. And, it is already happening!

There has been some talk among the media outlets of Ahmadinejad’s Letter To Obama, congratulating him on his win. Obama, with his understanding of responsibility and respectfulness, said that he would review the letter and respond appropriately (Bush would have probably spat on it, causing WWIII). At first glance, this could be a legitimate olive branch from Iran, many times called the “axis of evil” by our soon to be former president. Unfortunately, we don’t know the full intent Ahmadinejad has for his letter, but it does look promising.

Here is a small portion a small article that expounds on the impact Obama has on the Middle East:

Shiite is among the few sects on the Islamic faith that strongly believes in ruling nations under the Islamic law, or Shria, a belief that has given birth to political Islam. The founder of Islamic Republic of Iran named the United States the ‘Great Satan’; since then anti-Americanism has become part of Iran’s identity and fuel for Shiite movements in the entire Middles East.

But now, Iran’s anti-American image is in a paradoxical situation. President-elect Barack Obama, who ran a campaign based on ideals like government for people, justice, equality and the other populist social slogans that have also been centerpieces of the Ayatollahs’ premise to change the world and pave the way to heaven for their people.

Early this year, Ahmadinejad said that the, “U.S. Establishment will not let Obama win the Presidential election.” Ironically, in none of the Muslim countries, including Iran, does a man of a minority ethnicity like Obama have a slim chance of getting a position in a high office. But it was American democracy that made it happen and allowed a man of minority ethnicity end eight years of a Bush administration that has been damaging for America’s moral authority in the world.

Obama’s victory disarms leaders like Ahmadinejad, who for decades have used inefficient American policies as excuses to justify their failures, mismanagement and corruption. His election makes the American dream real for many in Islamic countries, including Iran.

Paradoxically, Obama’s middle name, Hussein, is the name third Imam of Shiites, a sacred symbol of freedom and dignity and a star of oppressed people against tyranny and slavery. No single other moral symbol in Shiite history is more important than Hussein in fights against enemies and infidels. The name Hussein is mixed with respect, honor and glory, a man who lost his life tragically in fight with infidels in an unequal and brutal battle on the October 10th, 680 AD. Fourteen centuries after the event, Shiites mourn his death and discuss it mixed in their literature, art, folklore, and daily life.

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