Why does Obamas Election Mean so much to Me?

On why Obamas election was so Important to me.

I am neither American nor involved in Politics.

Yet I followed the US Election as though it meant more to me than the Elections back home in India. While not wanting to be seen as dis associated with Politics in my own country, I'd like to clarify that the difference between an Indian election and the US Election, is that in India, while externally which ever politically party wins, their policies are never diametrically opposed, and thus doesn't really matter to an everyday citizen like me. However, in the US and especially this election, the difference between the Republicans and the Democrats (or rather should I say Obama) would have a paradigm shift on world issues of peace and safety and thus economics too.

A US President who has any of the tendencies or ignorance of the George Bush era, in today's world of mayhem and madness, could easily affect lives of people living elsewhere. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may not have been entirely necessary - or their objectives could have been achieved in a far more sensible manner with someone like Obama at the helm.

The chain reaction of years of Bush Policies with madmen like Cheney and Rumsfeld running amuck has created the evil that we see in our daily lives.

Mistrust of the non radical Muslim, the ever growing hatred against the Jewish state and the combined effect of these, have made the world an unsafe place to live. Photographs and images of Muslims being massacred in Burma, most of them morphed, results in bloodshed all over the world.

The reluctance of the Republican regimes to sanction madmen who instigate religious hatred and harmony has led to further hatred.

Obama on the other hand has not hesitated to call a spade a spade. He distanced himself from the radical outbursts of his own mentor, yet without being radical himself. 

A very human Obama, with tears in his eyes, thanks his campaigners for their effort. The only thing that brought Romney close to tears was the shock at his own defeat. A moment that was quite poignant, emotional, yet an event that has left me with hope that the world can after all become a safer place.