Paul T Zeleza

For the past four days and nights British cities from London to Manchester, Birmingham and many other smaller towns have been engulfed by fires of rage.

As Obama himself acknowledged, 'no single speech,' however lofty and soaring in its promises, 'can eradicate years of mistrust’ between the United States and the so-called Muslim world or untangle the messy Arab-Israeli conflict which is at the heart of American troubles in the region.

America and the world have witnessed a historic victory in a historic election by a historic candidate.