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Obama Dreams Of Being UN Secy Gen
Watching Barack Obama’s recent speech on the end of combat operations in Iraq, I was struck by how uninspired and disinterested the president looked. Considering the United States had successfully liberated 31 million people from tyranny (which he opposed), and broken the back of al-Qaeda in Iraq through the surge (which he also opposed), I would have thought the president would have at least been a bit more animated and proud of his country’s achievements, even though he was proved spectacularly wrong. He came across in the same dull fashion when he announced the deployment of 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan in a major speech at West Point last December.
Much of the time, President Obama simply fails to inspire the American people, a key reason why his approval rating continues to fall. Since taking office, the only occasions when Barack Obama has appeared really enthusiastic when delivering speeches has been when he’s addressed foreign audiences, and especially when he’s apologised for his own country or undercut the idea of American greatness. His speeches to the Muslim world in Cairo, and his address to the French and Germans in Strasbourg spring to mind.
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