Obama’s first test: Gaza!

But if President-elect Barrack Obama a revolutionist is subjected to a test!

I write when occasion serves that in decent states, such as United States, two different mechanisms are at work while main policy of the country is being shaped up: Chefs in the kitchen and waiters in the dining room!

Chefs are the appointed and represent the establishment. Waiters on the other hand are secretaries taking orders from the head waiter and serving U.S. citizens and the world what’s cooking in the kitchen. There are surely good and bad waiters. Some sell the menu very well and cause a bit of change in it while they convey customers’ demands to the kitchen.

But even a selected head waiter cannot change the menu against the spirit of the kitchen. If I must give an example from Turkey, if let’s say it is Antep cuisine, no matter how high the demands are fish never is cooked in the kitchen.

The establishment is the sovereign spirit of a country and is not subjected to elections.

Since he, as an African-American, reached to the summit in the ranch of Anglo-Americans, Obama beyond dispute is the most important persona of the world in 2008. He is certainly a genius in politics, but will play the role of a "good headwaiter" only for he is a Democrat and becomes the president after a "bad headwaiter" such as George W. Bush.

His duty is to protect the interests of the establishment. Obama, however, will try to do this in a more sharing way. He will undertake the role of a gracious imperial state rather than an imposing imperial state, Bush.

Obama will push forward the concept of the "winner United States among equals" instead of a "sole winner United States."

But to turn the establishment upside down as the meaning of the word "revolution" requires will never be his maxim. For instance, Obama will never utter a sentence like "The United States will no longer control the world energy corridors." The otherwise is against the nature of things.

I am of the opinion that as he appointed other waiters Obama immediately proved that he would act in line with the above picture. Some tasks are critical as far as the establishment is concerned. Obama appointed retired navy general James L. Jones, a former commander of all NATO forces, as the national security adviser and kept Robert Gates as secretary of defense and appointed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.

Obama and his team will take over the U.S. administration two weeks later. Some, by referring to his middle name Hussain, blessed him as if a Muslim was elected to lead the country. Everyone expects him to do a lot for aggrieved Muslims, for African-Americans and for other nations.

I on the other hand think that Obama’s being president-elect has already laundered the establishment after the Bush period. And now the same task will continue.

Obama and Clinton! World nations have high expectations of them!

We’ll wait and see. Gaza is there and Obama will be in office in two weeks!