Here’s a prediction: expect a narrative to emerge in certain media outlets in the coming days that Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech was a grand return to form for President Obama. The elite, east-coast intelligencia line will be that the beleaguered lame duck president—facing a hostile, conservative Congress—regained his momentum with renewed energy and purpose. How Obama Got His Groove Back, Washington-style. Groove aside, the fact remains that Obama’s next-to-last State of the Union address did not substantially address two of the most pressing issues currently facing our nation and that matter most to its military veterans: the lack of a clear United States national security strategy—to include the crisis facing our military—and the inability of the VA bureaucracy care to deliver timely health care to millions of our veterans. But you wouldn’t know it by listening to Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 02:18:49 +0000