In many ways obama reminds me of Alexander of Macedon (I hesitate to use the appendage Great because I think he was more audacious,paranoid and plain blood-thirsty than great)
Both of these men were prodded by Mothers and ignored by flawed fathers. Both men wanted to achieve greatness according to their own vision and at least one man created the greatest amount of destruction and carnage the world had as yet witnessed. The fate of the other is to be decided.
Both men remain enigmas, both monster and genius, willing to sacrifice worshipful followers to achieve their aims, both tortured by self-doubt and both have made fatal decisions that imperil the globe.
Fortunately for the world, one died before wreaking devastation across a larger swath of the world. I wonder if obama's brother ever sees much of his father in his half brother. It is significant that obama chose to follow his african heritage, I wonder why?