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In reply to the discussion: Fuck. [View all]truebrit71
(20,805 posts)This wasn't some phony George W. Bush photo-op set up, this was the President honoring the sacrifice and struggle of this one particular man, whilst making a call to STOP the endless wars and to move away from a permanent war-footing.
The fact that he mentioned that he was on his tenth deployment, which would be ten more than Lt AWOL Bush in the Champagne Unit of the Air National Guard, and four fewer deferments than Dick Cheney was not lost on me. Perhaps you didn't hear it that way. And Chris Hayes made the point that by honoring Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg's sacrifices it made the rethuglicans in that chamber acknowledge that their votes have real world, ongoing consequences.
As far as political stunts go I'd say standing on the ruins and corpses of the WTC with a bullhorn taking about "we're gonna get 'em"...or landing on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier whose crew you delayed by a day from returning home to their loved ones so you could stand in front of a banner declaring 'Mission accomplished' are far, far more despicable.
I am far from being an Obama-apologist, in fact I am often accused of being the opposite, but I have to wholly and completely disagree with your assessment of this speech.