The progressive gates to a solid foundation built on harmony and acceptance of other nations:

President Obama is moving forward in his presidency in the right manner with his style of governing. As a progressive leader with rational foresight, he understands the importance of dialog and respecting other nations and their differences. In doing so, he has made major strides in repairing the damage done by the previous administration.

The key issue here is ultimately that all people are the same no matter where they hail from. They experience the same emotions as all human beings do. Where government dignitaries are concerned, it is ever so pertinent that their dignity is preserved and not made a mockery of, if they are to welcome the opposing government perhaps previously an enemy, to see the better sense of open and honest dialog.

Our current administration led by President Obama is willing to go that extra step to extend the hand of friendship, respect, and understanding toward the opposing nation, which is a great gesture coming from a true leader and great nation. With such a gesture the doors can open, the dialog can resume, and a meeting of common minds can be achieved. The opposing side will reciprocate accordingly and be willing to accept our generous gesture of friendship. Here then, a middle ground can be created for the rebuilding of a much more solid foundation for both nations to work in harmony and acceptance of each other’s differences, core values, and mindsets.

They will see that America is not built on false pride but rather has the wisdom to acknowledge its mistakes and be willing to repair the damage. They will also see that America can acknowledge its mistake of being short-sighted and tunnel-versioned and is humble enough to come forth as a true leader can, to bridge the gap of differences in a progressive and positive manner.

In summary, President Obama is living up to his pledge to be the leader that our nation has long sought, and when his tenure in office is over – he will be remembered as one of the greatest leaders of our time, one who was successful in uniting all factions and nations to see and appreciate the value of peace and harmony, which is ever so necessary if our world is to survive without further discord.

President Obama will be remembered as the leader who led our nation away from strife and into the arms of peaceful acceptance by every nation in the world, all of which honor him as the most respected leader of our time. They will acknowledge that he has the traits of a true leader who has earned and deserves the respect, the admiration, and the hand of friendship from every world leader whom in the past had turned away from America and its people.

Ultimately, President Obama will have built a solid foundation for all of America to be proud of and to rejoice in, one where the future generations of all nations will again look at America to lead and be the example they can follow.

The long delayed issue of Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush.

If the record is truly to be set straight, then our current Obama Administration and its Security Council should look into having legal proceedings through the Department of Justice brought upon the three culprits that broke every human rights regulation in the name of “keeping America safe” from invaders and terrorists.

My opinion is that these individuals grossly overstepped their bounds in the handling of such a sensitive issue, and only made matters worse as the world looked on and lost its respect for our people and our government.

Cheney is the worst vice president in all of American history, and it should be noted, in every history book written and yet to be written in the near future. He is no better than Hitler. Donald Rumsfeld was just as wicked. Mr. Bush too, overstepped his bounds in his position as the President then. His reward was mockery from all the world leaders when discussing him behind closed doors and that was the most damaging factor in their view of what a world nation like America should be.

The world view of America even amongst the citizens themselves of all foreign nations was one of disgust and zero respect.

Well, I hope we have learned a valuable lesson here from the eight years of the Bush Administration and will never repeat such a mistake again.

In a nutshell, America is not an island, and to earn world respect we have to give the same respect and consideration to other nations and their people. We as a people have to have the wisdom to realize that not all people are bad or evil. The ones that do cause damage due to their dysfunctional ideology should be treated with the same human rights as any other human being when punishment is set upon them for their evil deeds. They should have the same proper court proceedings as any other accused criminal would have in determining their wrongdoing, and then punishment should be set down in the proper manner without human torture.

In summary, the Bush- Cheney- Rumsfeld trio should be ordered to court proceedings to answer for their actions and activities during those years of inhuman treatment of humanity, and for the other actions in the war zone that has scarred America and tarnished the reputation in history books of our once great nation.