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**Virosponna** · 02-09-2010, 03:45 PM

RealClearPolitics - Obama's Speech on the End of Operation Iraqi Freedom

I didnt really watch the whole thing as it was pretty boring and nothing new. The only comment I have is when he said this was a historic moment, I tried to imagine anyone remembering this moment in 50 years and couldnt do it. Nothing has really changed except a date ticked over and some paper was shuffled. We still have a mission in Iraq. I also would have liked to have seen him lead a moment of silence for Americans who have died in Iraq.

Your thoughts?

I think he should have said the word "victory" at least a dozen times and also done a victory dance at the end.

A lot of Obama's critics gave him credit for delivering a pretty straight forward speech instead of revisiting the questionable reasons that we went into the conflict. Not many people are recognizing that he was delivering on one of his major campaign promises without gloating too much about it. The only jab he took was the monetary cost of the war. As parthian shots go, it was pretty tame.

02-09-2010, 03:45 PM	#21
Virosponna Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	RealClearPolitics - Obama's Speech on the End of Operation Iraqi Freedom I didnt really watch the whole thing as it was pretty boring and nothing new. The only comment I have is when he said this was a historic moment, I tried to imagine anyone remembering this moment in 50 years and couldnt do it. Nothing has really changed except a date ticked over and some paper was shuffled. We still have a mission in Iraq. I also would have liked to have seen him lead a moment of silence for Americans who have died in Iraq. Your thoughts? I think he should have said the word "victory" at least a dozen times and also done a victory dance at the end. A lot of Obama's critics gave him credit for delivering a pretty straight forward speech instead of revisiting the questionable reasons that we went into the conflict. Not many people are recognizing that he was delivering on one of his major campaign promises without gloating too much about it. The only jab he took was the monetary cost of the war. As parthian shots go, it was pretty tame.
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