Forbes most powerful

Forbes updated their list of most powerful people today. In a mild surprise Russian "president" Vladimir Putin took the top spot after it was held by United states president Barack Obama the past 3 years. Rounding out the top ten is Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, German chancellor Angela Merkel, Bill Gates, Federal reserve head Ben Bernanke, Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia, Mario Draghi European central bank president, and Walmart CEO Michael Duke. The list mostly makes sense to me as the people are either extremely wealthy, the head of major countries or both. Regarding the to spot President Obama's reputation and influence have taken a hit recently with the issues in Syria which a lot people thought Putin handled better with a plan to have syria give up its chemical weapons opposed to missile strikes threatened by the U.S. government.As well as continued discoveries in the NSA spying scandal and the government shutdown debacle.