| But the questions of war and peace in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan will not be decided solely in the White House, but even more so in Moscow, Damascus, Tehran, Islamabad and the tribal areas of Pakistan. With Barack Obama as the elected president of the United States, the world feels much better than it did yesterday. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.