Obama finally articulates what's always been inherently true

At the Group of 20 economic summit in London this week, President Obama and the leaders of many of the world's foremost economic powers helped broker some critical policies which will make some inroads into the global recession. But what I find to be even more poignant than the fine print of the paperwork or the crunching of the numbers is a vital truth finally revealed through the President's actions and leadership. President Obama has made it very plain that the United States is not an all-powerful entity capable of dominating the course of the world on its own. In tandem with this is the crucial truth that the United States is not capable of solving the world's problems on its own, either. The culpability for the travails we face in the world, whether they be economic or of even greater social scope (crimes against humanity, disease, poverty, the deterioration of the planet, etc.) lies with all the world's nations and peoples, and we are all subsequently responsible for working to address and resolve them. It is a given that the United States has had a far greater influence in the development of the world's crises for several reasons. For one, the destruction of our own economic rules (and the subsequent degradation of accountability and sense of reponsibility) as well as our rampant commoditization and consumption of essentially everything has completely distorted the equitability of the world's wealth and decimated resources. Additionally, our cavalier naivete in thinking inwardly on a personal level and as a nation-ignorance in our self-perception as a largely invincible country mandated to influence the world, and further ignorance of the aforementioned greater crises in the world because they may not affect us on a personal level, has planted the collective psyche of Americans in an unrealistic sphere of thought (just watch CNN and you'll see what I mean). By continuing to show resolution in a policy of collaboration with the other nations of the world to allay the world's strife in tandem with widespread domesitc reform (to re-stabilize our own economy and restore policies to keep the United States accountable and solvent not only financially, but also as a country based upon and idea rather than heredity or rule by few), the President is making excellent progress in realigning our morality as a part of the world, a component of the sum. And that is worth celebrating and redoubling our efforts to back him, because the cause of humanity is greater than that of just the United States of America.