The natural place for Obama to go from here was to a thorough debunking of the Republican war propaganda. Instead, the president almost seemed eager to put the war behind him and behind us, and to more or less let the Republican Party off the hook for driving the US over a cliff.
Well, politicians do tend to go to unnatural places. I can’t imagine that Barack Obama will ever attempt to hold the Republican Party to account for what it’s done to the country. And perhaps he shouldn’t. After all, they had a lot of help from the Democratic Party.
President Obama also said,
‘”This year also saw Iraq hold credible elections that drew a strong turnout. A caretaker administration is in place as Iraqis form a government based on the results of that election.Any time you have to talk about a caretaker government 5 months after an election, there is something profoundly wrong.
Indeed. But who’s listening?
And, urging the Iraqis to form a government quickly when the US is delaying things by attempting to install its favorite, Iyad Allawi, in power or at least in power over the security forces, leaves the audience thinking that the fault lies with the Iraqis rather than with continued American interventionism.
And that’s the point, isn’t it?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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