UMongameli uBarack Obama.UCharis Tsevis kuMqwalaseli
Ithemba notshintsho. Ngala mazwi, kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo, iMelika yangenisa ixesha elimangalisayo kwimbali yethu. U-Barack Obama, indoda emnyama, uphumelele ubongameli kwilizwe apho ubukhoboka kunye nobuhlanga babandakanywa kuMgaqo-siseko wesizwe nakwintlalo yoluntu. Ukuba indoda yohlanga oluxubileyo kunye nenkolo exubeneyo ekhulele kwikhaya elinomzali omnye inokunyulwa, iphindwe inyulwe, kwaye isebenze ngokuhloniphekileyo nangembeko, ibonisa ubukhulu kungekuphela komntu, kodwa kuluntu esele lude kakhulu indlela.
Sibe nokungaboni ngasonye nemigaqo-nkqubo nezopolitiko zika-Mongameli Obama. Kodwa emva kokucinga: waziphatha ngendlela engenasiphako. Akuzange kubekho nelinye inqaku lehlazo lomntu. Njengomzekelo- njengotata, njengendoda, njengentloko-yelizwe eyonyuliweyo- wenza ngokuzithemba, ngokunyaniseka, ngovelwano nangobukrelekrele. (Awunakuyithanda indoda emema uninazala ukuba ihlale nayo iminyaka esibhozo?)
Irekhodi lika-Obama lixubekile, njengazo zonke ilifa likaMongameli. Eyona nto inzima kwimbali ukuyilungisa iya kuba ngumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle. Abavoti bakhethe uMongameli u-Obama, ngokuyinxenye, ukuphelisa iimfazwe e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. Ngelixa inani lamajoni aseMelika asweleke emfazweni liye lehla ngelixa ebesebenza njengo-Commander-in-Chief, wenza impazamo ebalulekileyo ekumemezeleni umhla-othile wokususwa kweMikhosi yaseMelika e-Iraq. Ngaba ukunyuka kwe-ISIS yayisisiphumo esingenakuphepheka santlukwano ngokwenkolo nangamahlelo kummandla ekudala ubanjelwe umthetho olawulayo ongqwabalala? Mhlawumbi kunjalo. Ngaba ubuchule be-ISIS bokumisela ikhalifa yokubulala kuloo mmandla sisiphumo sokunyanzelwa kuka-Mnumzana u-Obama, ngokwe omnye abancedisi bakhe , ekukhokeleni ngasemva? Impendulo kuloo nto mhlawumbi kunjalo.
Iimpazamo zikaMnu Obama eMbindi Mpuma ziyi-legion: ukusuka ekuvuyiseni i-Arab Spring, ukushiya amaqabane ethu asekudala kunye nokwamkela uMzalwana wamaSulumane (eyona nto iyingozi kakhulu kwimibutho yabazalwana); ukubhengeza esidlangalaleni umgca obomvu eSyria kwaye emva koko uyekelele kude xa uzwilakhe onguzwilakhe ongumbulali u-Bashar al Assad ewela ngoburhalarhume; Ukukholelwa kwintando elungileyo yee-Ayatollahs zase-Iran kuphela ukubona isivumelwano seenyukliya uMongameli ebhengeze engakhathalelwanga kwaye i-Revolutionary Guard iba nenkohliso ngakumbi; Ukuhlutha esidlangalaleni uSirayeli, ekuphela komhlobo wethu oyinyaniso kuloo mmandla. Sikrokrela ukuba imbali ayizukulunga kulawulo luka-Obama ngokubhekisele kwingingqi. 
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Kwenye indawo emhlabeni, amanye amaphulo oLawulo afanele ukudunyiswa. I-pivot eya kwiPasifiki ibaluleke ngokweqhinga kunye nokusekwa ngokutsha kobudlelwane obufudumeleyo ne-India, eyona demokhrasi inkulu emhlabeni, kukucinga kwangaphambili nokulunga kuwo omabini la mazwe nakwihlabathi.
Ekhaya, imigaqo-nkqubo ka-Obama yayiba yimisipha ngakumbi, ijolise ngakumbi. Ukuzimisela kukaMongameli ukulawula ngokusebenzisa imiyalelo yolawulo-- Ndifumene usiba… kwaye ndinomnxeba -Ubonakalise ukungakwazi kwakhe ukufumana inkcaso ukuba inqumle indlela; okanye ukungafuni kwakhe ukulalanisa. Ngenxa yoko, uninzi lwamalinge kaMongameli -ngokukodwa ngokunxulumene nokusingqongileyo kunye nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe- kusenokwenzeka ukuba zitshintshwe ekusungulweni kuka-Mongameli uDonald Trump.
Kodwa amanye amanyathelo afumene inkxaso yeCongressional, kwaye ilifa lika-Obama ngokuqinisekileyo liya kukhala ixilongo i-Obamacare. Kuyo yonke impazamo yayo-kwaye zininzi eziya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo ziqwalaselwe kwiintsuku zokuqala zolawulo olutsha-i-Obamacare inikezele nge-inshurensi yezempilo kubantu abaqikelelwa kwizigidi ezingama-24 abangenakukwazi ukufumana ingxelo. Umthetho woKhathalelo ongenakufikeleleka uquka amaxabiso osapho, avumela abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-26 ukuba bahlale kwimigaqo-nkqubo yabazali babo. Umthetho nawo uthintele i-inshurensi ekubambeni ukugubungela abantu baseMelika abasesichengeni ngeemeko esele zikho, ngokungathandabuzekiyo esindisa ubomi obuninzi . 
Umongameli wase-US u-Barack Obama ubhekisa kubaphulaphuli ngexesha le-rally ebhiyozela ukudlula kunye nokusayina umThetho woKhathalelo ongenakufikeleleka ngo-2010IJEWEL SAMAD / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty
Kwicala lezemali, amaphepha emimiselo kaDodd-Frank angama-22,000 awakagayeki, kungaphantsi kovavanyo, kodwa imboni yemoto ekhutshwe ngebheyile ibonakalise impumelelo ecacileyo. Ekugqibeleni, ukubuyela kwesizwe kuqoqosho-nokuba kungacothanga okanye kungaphantsi okanye kunokuba kuncinci kunokubuyiswa kwangaphambili njengoko kusetyenzisiwe.
Xa umgqatswa u-Obama wabaleka ngo-2008, wayewuchasa umtshato wesini. Kodwa njengo-Mongameli wayekuqonda kakuhle ukutshintsha kwamaza e-Melika kwaye watshintsha indawo yakhe. Ukuqeshwa kwakhe kabini kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo- Sonya Sotomayor kunye no-Elena Kagan- banceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba utshintsho lwaselwandle lwalusisigxina.
Sasonwabile ukuqaphela ukuba impumelelo yomfundi ekufundeni nasezikolweni zezibalo-ziqale phantsi kukaGeorge W. Bush's Akukho Mntwana Ushiyekileyo- iyaqhubeka ukuphucula. Kwaye sonwabile xa ulawulo luka-Obama lwatyhila inkxaso yokwenene yezikolo zomnqophiso.
Yintoni eye yasothusa yasiphoxa mhlawumbi ngaphezu kwayo yonke into- ubuncinci apha ekhaya- yayikukuwohloka kobudlelwane bobuhlanga. Besinethemba lokuba uMongameli wokuqala omnyama wayeza kuba nesakhono esikhethekileyo sokuphilisa ubuhlanga. Ngelishwa, akazange. Kwangokunjalo, inqanaba lokunganyamezelani kwiikholeji zekholeji- kudityaniswa nezilumkiso, ukungqubana okuncinci, kunye nemfuno yeendawo ezikhuselekileyo- lixhokonxwe liSebe leMfundo lika-Obama.
Xa sicela abalandeli baka-Obama ukuba bathethe ngelifa lakhe, bathambekele ekuthambekeni ngokurhabaxa. Kwaye xa sibuza abachasi bezopolitiko, amandla abo aphikisayo angothusa. Luhlobo lwentando yesininzi lwanamhlanje.
Asikholelwa ukuba unyulo lukaDonald Trump yayikukuchaswa kukaBarack Obama (okanye, ngenxa yaloo nto, nguHillary Clinton). I-America yindawo enkulu, enzima kwaye eyahlukileyo. Njengoko olu nyulo ludlulileyo lucacisile, iziphumo zinokungaqiniseki, kwaye neendlela ezizayo zingachazwanga. Kodwa inye into ebonakalayo: olu luhlanga olungene nzulu kwimiceli mngeni kunye nemiceli mngeni, impikiswano kunye namathuba. Ngokuqinisekileyo sisizwe sotshintsho, kwaye sihlala sinethemba. Siyabulela uBarack Obama ngenkonzo yakhe nangokusibonisa indlela yokukhupha eyona nto intle kuthi.
U-Godspeed, Mongameli Mongameli.
