So Obama has just given his major foreign policy speech (full speech here). It's actually not a bad speech -- it's quite well detailed but I get a little nervous when someone like Obama starts talking about changing the nature of operations.
Here's a few thoughts I had:
Shouldn't this speech have been given after visiting Iraq? Wouldn't that have made more sense? At least then, he would've been able to refer to conversations he had with Gen. Petraeus "last week" instead of in "April 2007".
Although bin Laden and al-Zawahari are still at large, many of the top AQ commanders and operatives have been captured or killed--the 9/11 mastermind KSM is in custody in Gitmo, isn't he?
Obama's still holding onto the old "I was opposed to the war from the start, and John McCain was its biggest supporter". Yep, fair enough, except McCain was an experienced Senator and an ex-presidential candidate, and Obama was in the Illinois State Legislature--I can't believe Monday morning quarterbacking can be used as justification for your suitability for a job. I thought Spain would win the European Championships (even after Villa got injured), so does that mean I'm qualified to manage Barcelona or Man Utd?
And finally, let's not forget that Barack Obama's main qualification for this job is a career as lawyer, social worker, and legislator of Chicago (And no offence to my many friends in the windy city, but Chi-town is not exactly what you'd call the paragon of political and social success).
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