Read the text of the speech here.
President Barack Obama’s speech from the Oval Office Tuesday night was a strange muddle—a televised prime-time address that lacked a bottom line, a consistent theme, a clear road to the future.
He announced the end of combat operations in Iraq, right on schedule. But he equivocated on what comes next in that much-improved but still war-torn land.
On the one hand: “There should be no doubt the Iraqi people will have a strong partner in the United States; our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq’s future is not.” On the other hand: “Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it is time to turn the page.”
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On the one hand: “No challenge is more essential to our security than our fight against al-Qaida.” On the other hand: “Our most urgent task is to restore our economy and put the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs back to work. … [This] must be our central mission as a people and my central responsibility as president.”
At least there was no “Mission Accomplished” equivalent. Here’s what one ex-Bush defense official thought about it.
According to Alfred, Obama is tricking the bad guys in Iraq into giving away their positions.
It’s possible.
It always scared the Russians that Ronald Reagan actually believe the Star Wars Defense would work even when no one else thought so.
But even though this is possible, the reality is that I realized long ago Obama just wanted to be a Rockstar President going around making speeches across the world, having extravagant bashes and going on vacation.
For real.
Obama isn’t special. McCain or Hillary would have been worse.
What would be truly remarkable in this day and age would be politicians IN POWER (not in the minority) and IN OFFICE (not running for an office they don’t hold) that actually would prefer to solve the country’s problems instead of fleece it.
I’m not holding my breath.
Although I do believe a divided government that can’t get much done is at this point far preferable to what is going on now. Even then, I’m not sure how much a divided government is going to help.
#81 Finally someone else gets it. We are blessed to have the smartest President ever…
In Arizona and other states, there is a severe shortage of gardeners. If you tried to import them legally, they would be very expensive.
So what’s the taxpayer funded solution…pass out gps phones, they’re cheap, so undocumented gardeners can be gainfully employed in the country of their forefathers:
http://theblaze.com/stories/ucsd-professors-want-to-dissolve-us-give-gps-phones-with-explicit-poetry-to-illegals-for-border-crossing/
You just have to hand it to this regime…its brilliant…promise these folks we will give back their land…to come here and wait for it, while we collapse the economic system…
and they believe it?
The poor suckers cross over by the millions…and they even vote in our elections…for Democrats!
What fools!
We got them just where we want them, tending our lawns.
Lets not forget our fearless and regal President, while a senator, fought to withhold funds from the evil Mastermind Bush…until he agreed to more funding for affordable housing via fannie mae and freddie mac…
If it weren’t for the brilliant leadership of Chris Dodd and Barney Frank, and Maxine Watters, providing all those housing loans to millions, including many undocumented Americans just waiting for the return of their homeland…just think where we would be now?
That evil mastermind Bush never saw it coming.
President Obama’s speech was brilliant, masterful, just like his speech labeling GM bondholders “selfish, greedy” liberating their cash distributing it to deserving and exploited auto workers.
By abrogating decades of US contract law, President Obama with the stroke of a pen sure showed the financial community what for…they better not cross him or the workers of America…they better watch out…a new day is here…fundamental change.
No longer can selfish rich investors think of America as a place to exploit workers, employing them for unseemly profits, and not for the well being of the communmity.
Without all the new regulatory oversight these selfish capitalists would have build factories burdening the consumer with unnecessary choice.
Finally we have a President who doesn’t slur his words, who is clean and articulate, and standing up for the American worker.
All Hail President Obama, our savior!
>Iraq has an opportunity to create a better future for itself, and America is more secure.”
Obama when speaking to soldiers. But when speaking to the country, he decides to put politics first and not make this statement.
Or perhaps he was just lying to the soldiers.