The United States and Osama: From Bad Mood to Good Mood?

They (the Americans) look in every direction and only see the worst. It is because of this attitude that their mood is so bad. This is the conclusion of the most recent survey by the New York Times/CBS News, where the number of North Americans that believe that their country’s economy is going from bad to worse jumped 13 percent in only a month. The rising gas prices, persistent unemployment and the debate about the ability of the administration to face future obligations are all factors causing Americans’ sad faces.

But careful … this perception lowers the popularity rating of both parties — Democrats and Republicans — and of course affects President Barack Obama. The recent statistics show: 75 percent of the respondents believe that the United States Congress is not doing its job, and 57 percent disapprove of how the President handles the economy and the federal budget deficit.

The reason for this cloudy vision: Only 29 percent of the American public believes that the current direction of economy will generate more jobs. On the contrary: Respondents feel that it will cause more unemployment.

Nevertheless, the President’s proposed tax cuts for those who earn more than $250,000 a year are supported by 72 percent of the surveyed population. Respondents believe that this would lead to a control of the deficit and above all [is supported] because they think the federal government has an obligation to protect the most vulnerable population. In this respect, three out of every four U.S. citizens are in favor of health care for the elderly and 56 percent are in favor of health care for the poor. However, Congress is not willing to give these [rights] to the public in their pure form.

But something has happened in the middle of this disappointing situation that puts the economy in a bad position: Three wars in progress and none with a victorious solution in sight. Not even the most recent NATO bombings have worked out well — more fall on his opponents than on Gadhafi, like the allies of the United States and NATO. The most recent leaks of WikiLeaks expose the torture in the concentration camp of the misused Guantanamo Naval Base. Immediately, natural disasters overshadowed [the economy], whose disruptions and consequences were felt throughout the world. In the case of the USA [the natural disasters] took the form of tornados where more than 300 people died. The devil savior has arrived.

Then there was a triumphant cry: they found, killed and made Osama bin Laden disappear with the speed of a magician. Never mind that the last edition of the popular magazine Action Comic’s American hero, Superman, announced that he was renouncing his imperial citizenship — lets not forget that he comes from Krypton — because a team of superhero Navy Seals attacked the “largest terrorist in history” — the most successful alumni of the CIA, even better than Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch. In a battle where everyone came out with less than a scratch, he shot the final bullet that killed Satan, and in order to avoid any shock after CPR, they took the initiative to throw the body into the sea, so that no trace of the history remained, and so even the best CSI team would not be able to determine the exact identity of the deceased.

In the president’s and Secretary of State’s previous explanations, they found the best argument for not reducing military spending, as the figure suggests: 45 percent of those surveyed about the mood of North Americans towards the war. The decision has been made: Continue with the war against terrorism, even though a more rational sector of the American population is saying “mission accomplished, bring the troops home.”

However, pessimism is rife within the media, and until the first of May, 70 percent of the United States said that their country was headed in the wrong direction, but now it could be that the nation’s mood will change … but for now, as a banner of victory, some manipulated photos of a dead Osama bin Laden and the threat of what happened in Pakistan can be done again, anywhere in the world.