Try thinking first Bill before criticising. Nobody is a prophet in his own land. Statesmen tend to be fawned abroad, but never at home. You dont need someone who has the statesman look about them. You need someone with domestic balls. Statesmen cut their teeth abroad.
A bit of a bugger when Bill Gates can prevent deaths measured in millions by privately funding health programmes in third world countries but a country stuffed with politicians can't even stop unhinged disturbed people from polishing their guns that politicians allow them to own.