The mind-numbing, its all about me highlight of Mr Obamas speech at West Point Commencement address that reads like it was written by a man campaigning for another Nobel Prize. It is a particularly useful time for America to reflect on those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom – for you are the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in Iraq or Afghanistan. [applause - from men and women trained for combat, paid to be ready to be so deployed at a moments notice?!!?] When I first spoke at West Point in 2009, we still had more than 100,000 troops in Iraq. We were preparing to surge in Afghanistan. Our counter-terrorism efforts were focused on al Qaeda’s core leadership. And our nation was just beginning a long climb out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Four and a half years later, the landscape has changed. We have removed our troops from Iraq. We are winding down our war in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda’s leadership in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been decimated, and Osama bin Laden is no more. Through it all, we have refocused our investments in a key source of American strength: a growing economy that can provide opportunity here at home. In fact, by most measures, America has rarely been stronger relative to the rest of the world. Those who argue otherwise – who suggest that America is in decline, or has seen its global leadership slip away – are either misreading history or engaged in partisan politics. Think about it. Our military has no peer. The odds of a direct threat against us by any nation are low, and do not come close to the dangers we faced during the Cold War. So, the war is OVER, nothing else matters, not even the reasons why we war was pursued in the first place. What a horrible lack of comprehension of the importance of American power and the rhetoric that comes from its president. He has no grasp.
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 15:50:38 +0000
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