Re: Best world leader
Autocrats are popular because they always seem charismatic regardless what they do and when they achive results it looks well - full power, full responsibility in the eyes of the world.
Democratic leaders have to deal with far more things - political animosities, human rights, strikes, democratic tradition - rarely seem in controll and are always criticised.
I voted for Gah !
I couldn't choose most of the proposed leaders e.g. Putin - I think he will do more harm than good in the long run.
I might chose Sarkozy, but for now it is just too early and some results are necessary.
I liked and respected Blair (though he staid for too long in office), but Brown - really nothing, almost as if he wasn't there at all. Bush became a living disaster.
From European leaders only some can be called world leaders and from those for now only Merkel and Sarkozy can be seen as people with some vision - results will come, for good or ill, but we have to wait.
There is a number of local leaders for sure, but without so much influence - Zapatero ( I really don't like this man - he is a fraud to me, I cannot simply trust this man at all), Berlusconi (a nightmare, an EU jester), Yuschenko (intersting, but in never ending conflict with Yulia Timoshenko - she might be an interesting leader in the future, though) and Tusk (too early to tell much, but promising and I cannot really complain).
From other continents I am thinking that Brasil will become one of the new leaders, much thanks to their current president.
For now Gah ! IN next five years, who knows - I think it might be a hard decision because a number of new democratic leaders show much promise.
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Originally Posted by HoreTore
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