Political groupie

I always thought it would take a woman to sort out the world mess we are in. I was wrong and I'll come to that in a moment. I do however feel this global mess is entirely man made . Why? I put it down to inherent gender traits which we all agree exist and have been used for centuries by both men and women to justify their specific monopoly of societal rules. We all know what we think we're entitled to. Entitlement - there is a word that has a lot to answer for.

Socio-economics and politics aside which I admit has brainwashed both genders as far back as we can remember and further, I'm going to go back to basics for a second: women prefer to talk not fight. Women are resourceful, especially in times of scarcity and it is in our nature to nurture. We're also great at sharing but we are not immune to the corrupting power of rule and that is as far as the argument can take me.

So back to the solution for global disintegration. (ha ha yeah just like that. The queen of sweeping generalisations). We didn't need a woman as such - good as she might be for all the reasons listed; All we needed was an intelligent person. More to the point, one that really had to prove his worth more than the average middle class white guy and in this, ambitious women do relate. I'm back onto the topic of Barack.

He is from another so called minority (women make up 52% of the world's population - so you can see why the word minority is so despised.) but Barack is proving that having to be better, more intelligent than the often less able WASP who has traditionally been elected by big butch super powers like America or got the top job generally is already manifesting results.

First, by committing to close Guantanamo he is not only doing the right thing, he is saving tax payers money and sending out a universally welcomed message. How so? The Russians are following suit not one week later by halting its plans to deploy short-range missiles in its Baltic enclave Kaliningrad. But don't take my word for it, let's quote the Russian military official who explained that 'a change in US attitude had prompted the latest decision.'

Just yesterday Barack gave an interview to Arab TV with the message - Americans are not your enemy (not anymore wink wink). He is also having another look at the Kyoto agreement.

Though a small point to some, Barack has talked about the comfort in knowing that he will be able to tuck his children in at night (when he is not travelling) no matter how busy he is because they sleep a few rooms away from where he works. I don't think I've ever heard a president or prime minister talk about work-life balance in that way before - maybe Blair a teeny bit.

He may not be a woman but he is a metrosexual and god bless him for it. Subtlety and diplomacy may see us all through yet.