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American President

No other election fetches as much interest and concern around the globe as the United States presidency. The United States purports itself as being a beacon for democracy. Many are attentive to how sturdy our democratic system is and how much a voice the people are given. Not only do we have great influence in various countries abroad, but the majority of those countries also have a great deal invested within our markets and within our economy. Over the last four years, the Bush Administration has strengthened certain alliances. However, within that same time period, we have created many new enemies and we’ve witnesses our longstanding enemies grow stronger. Clearly, many groups were paying attention to results of this election. There was a plethora of media broadcasting coverage of every inch and slight of the election around the world. Its safe to assume that this has been the closest watched election in this history of mankind. Bush’s closet allies, some of whom have endured steady domestic upheaval for supporting him, we’re certainly hoping for a reelection. However most of our enemies, state and non-state, were counting on a change of pace in White House foreign policy. Of these many organizations and countries around, I will focus this analysis on the reelection’s effect in the Middle East.
Though a victory by Democratic hopeful John Kerry would not mean an end to US action abroad, in the long term it would surely mean a gradual withdraw of our offensives. The underground ring of Anti-Western governments and organizations stretches deep into the Middle East. It extends from the Sunni Triangle in Iraq, to the lands of Tehran in Iran, in to the mountainous border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and throughout the streets of Palestine. It even lies behind the backs of some of our allies in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and of course the provisional government of Iraq. The fact that Bush was in a dead heat to lose his post as commander and...