Congratulations, Americans
Mr. Barack Obama is now President Elect of the USA. We all congratulate him and pray for the success of his leadership to bring the needed "change". It is a historic victory for Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party. Mr Obama has dedicated his victory to the people of America. I wholeheartedly support his dedication and confidence in people which has brought the historic victory.
In my judgment this is the victory for the American nation to leave behind and break the controversial racial barrier, once and for all. The Americans deserve highest appreciation from the freedom and democracy loving nations and people of the whole world. Mr. Obama is the messenger of peace and prosperity. He deserves active support and cooperation from the comity of nations to fulfil his dream of a prosperous and peaceful world.
It would be very unfair not to mention the leadership of Sen. McCain. He actually delivered the most befitting, emotional and heart touching conceding speech to his followers in Phoenix giving full credit to Mr. Obama. Here I find the need for the Bangladeshi politicians to learn how to achieve a democratic goal and play a responsible role for the greater good of the people who elect them to power. I hope they would learn from the conceding speech of Sen. McCain.
Lots of discussions are going on in Bangladesh regarding the possible impact of the US election on Bangladesh. I firmly believe that under Mr. Obama's presidency democracy will be strengthened all over the world.
Barack Obama became the 44th President of the USA, an African - American to go to the highest office. History has been made and it was possible because of the people of America who gave real meaning to the slogans, ' Yes, we can' and 'Change we need'.
It is a dream come true, though people of other countries could not vote it was almost like the election being held in their countries also.
People all over the world prayed for Obama because he seems to be a person who will not be indifferent to other countries. As a superpower America has got hold around the world, we hope and trust that Barack Obama will do his utmost to bring peace and stability in the turbulent regions, his power will be used for the welfare of humankind, in his eyes all the people will be equal, he will be kind, just and understanding.
We hope he will be a great president and at the same time a humble human being. We wish Barack Obama a successful presidency, may he live long and serve the distressed people all over the world with compassion.
Nur Jahan, Khaled Road, Chittagong
Congratulations to Americans for understanding the need of this century and honouring the global demand for peace. Congratulations that they have elected Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. Congratulations go to Barack Obama, all peace loving world leaders and people of the globe for their continuous and painful efforts to bring changes. This is a message for all of us that whatever may be our colour, race, sex, class, religion, we are all human beings and should be respected equally. It is a victory against all forms of extremism.
People wanted change and restoration of Human Dignity that they lost when election rigging took place in the USA in 2000. The election of 2008 is no doubt a strong message to all of us who love peace and continuity of human civilization on the planet and that no one should undermine any religious group and should not act against humanity.
The damage and loss of trust caused by the Bush administration and his two other close associates, Tony Blair and John Howard, are now on the way to repair. Since 1945 people from South, East and North trusted Americans and the West. However, this has been totally damaged by the Republicans' thrust for world power. We the Muslims and Blacks lived under threat for the last 8 years. The Americans realized that if they do not trust others, then no one is going to trust them.
Bangladesh should take a lesson from this victory. We have to do many things for the minority community. We must respect their belief and culture and should not undermine their dignity. We the majority should not act in the way the BNP-JAMAAT did in October 2001.
Islam does not believe in extremism.
Farid Ahmed, PhD Researcher on Justice and Good Governance, Melbourne University, Australia
The problem of the USA and to a large extent that of the world now rests on the shoulders of the 44th President Elect Barack Obama. A poignant cry from the Indo-European family of civilisations ( which includes Bangladesh) would be 'O-Baba- Ma' for the rescue of 'orphans, have-nots and the downtrodden'.
I hope the proverb, "Anyone who goes to Lanka becomes Ravana' will not be true in his case.
Engineer Shafi Ahmed, London, UK
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