The 'dream' of finally rebuilding Lower Manhattan. Hard to do with chronic terrorist wars to pay for.
The best political outcomes to the elections of 2010 is to focus on the future and not the past.
The leadership of President Obama cannot be measured by only a domestic front still stuggling to repair the corrupted insults to it over the last eight years, but, an initiative that is more than well received globally by every leader of every country.
Placing Democratic leadership in the majority of the USA Legislature with a President dedicated to 'the truth' and bringing the USA back to global leadership with initiatives to peace and nuclear non-proliferation was NOT a mistake. No way was it a mistake.
We are witnessing enormous shifts in paradigms globally that will impact the USA domestically. A country, whether it be the USA, China or Russia, cannot mount the challenge of the future without 'relief' from the burdens of fighting terrorist networks and dedicating huge amounts of its nation's assets to war and military. Every country knows that and what occurred under Bush and Cheney was a 'return' to Cold War methodologies that set progress to the future of our children back at least five decades. There is no more going back and the immediate and welcomed response from the global community to President Obama's initiatives and challenges shows leadership that was ready to pounce on the opportunity.
Every leader in any country knows that economic opportunity lies in the expansion of opportunity to its people NOT the contraction to war economies. Who in their right minds would not want to be tourists to Russia to view the modern version of the country with such magnificent architecture to make any city envious?
That is the future that lies before us. A future of peace and cooperation with sovereign countries secured from the inside out. Not bad. Non-proliferation rules the day with the knowledge that Einstein's invention doomed the world and never secured it.To build economies that 'consent' to cooperation and expansion means defeating those that would use those opportunities to defeat civilization. It is why Russia cooperates with the USA over Afghanistan and it is why NATO insists on being secure from terrorist networks or even their potential TO EXIST in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Changing paradigms isn't easy. But. It is necessary. And. The leadership has to be consistent.
They have decided to build this big thing, and named it Galaxy Building, in one of the areas of Moscow. Construction costs exceed $300 million, but there are plenty investors interested in participation.
It would be one of the weirdest buildings in modern Russia.
Medvedev tells Russia to get with the times (click title to entry - thank you)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has used his annual state of the nation address to call on the country to modernise more quickly.
In a comment reminiscent of US President Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Mr Medvedev stressed the need for change.
He told his country, which was hit hard by the global financial crisis, that it is time to stop living off past achievements and modernise.
Before an audience of government and church leaders, including his predecessor and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Mr Medvedev outlined where he believes Russia has fallen behind - and what it needs to do to get ahead.
He says Russia has been too reliant on raw materials exports and should develop a smarter economy.
Mr Medvedev says infrastructure and key areas that the country was once renowned for, such as scientific research, need to be improved.
He also referred to corruption, saying intolerance of this must become part of Russian culture.
Mr Medvedev says Russia needs to modernise based on democratic principles so it can become a society of free, intelligent and responsible people.
This article was reported by ABC, an Australian non-Murdock news agency.
