Hardly. That is the same type of self-centered, ethnocentric thinking that has put our country in such a dangerous position to begin with. Humility is a powerful diplomatic tool. We learn in kindergarten to admit and learn from our mistakes, why should it be any different here? Nothing Obama said in his speech was untrue.
Did Obama directly criticize the troops? Did he say anything negative about them? Did you even watch/read the speech or are you just repeating what you've heard from the conservative pundits? :roll:. You're building a strawman here. Yes, it's really sad that 5,000 of our troops, who volunteered to fight with the knowledge that they could possibly be killed, have had to die. But is it not also sad that 100,000 innocent Iraqi civilians have died? You say this is a "war." Really? Tell me, who exactly are we fighting, and what are we fighting for? In a war, there is usually an objective to be attained, or something to defend. What is our objective here? What are we defending? What was it to begin with? Weapons of Mass destruction, right? Bringing democracy to the Mideast, Right? Making out country safer, right? On all counts: FAIL. This is not a war; it is an occupation, and it cannot be "won."
Because the actions of the past administration contribute greatly to the hostilities that the Muslim world feels toward our country. By criticizing Bush, he is distancing our country from the hostility created by bush and showing the Muslim world that America is ready to turn the page on foreign relations.
"Do I not destroying my enemies when I make them my friends?" - Abraham Lincoln.
In two hours, Obama has already made us safer as a nation than Bush did in 8 years in office.
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