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President Barack Obama's commencement speech at the United States Military Academy at West Point was billed by the White House as a major foreign policy address, but the speech ultimately fell disappointingly short of expectations, The New York Times says.

"The address did not match the hype, was largely uninspiring, lacked strategic sweep and is unlikely to quiet his detractors, on the right or the left," the newspaper said in an editorial Thursday.

"He provided little new insight into how he plans to lead in the next two years, and many still doubt that he fully appreciates the leverage the United States has even in a changing world. Falling back on hackneyed phrases like America is the 'indispensable nation' told us little."

The newspaper added that the president's suggestions about how America might indirectly combat terrorism in Africa were vague and incomplete, and "it was also disturbing to hear him gloss over the return of military rule in Egypt."

The Times also said his comments on the need for more transparency on drone strikes and surveillance practices was "ludicrous" and there was almost no mention about how the United States plans to manage China and Russia, which have become a growing threat.

The day before his speech at West Point, Obama announced that all US troops will be out of Afghanistan by 2016. He told the West Point grads that their class would probably not be deployed to a war zone.

"Just because we have the best hammer does not mean every problem is a nail". Nothing like a retreating military policy to put a smile on our enemies faces I guess our enemies around the world were glad to here that.
And while he was outlining our future weaken military policy for all the world to know....he did mention the importance of climate change. I guess our military will now be waging a war on pollution.

Of course, no Obama speech is complete without a slap at GW, calling the previous foreign policies,"weak, leaderless, and ruderless". What an asshole!

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Neocon badassery will save us all........

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Liberal weakness will not save us.

Weakness is provocative, and even the liberal NY Times and the Wash Post have pointed out the flaws in Obama's foreign policy (sic).

Neocon badassery will save us all........elk

elk has been been feeling safe for so long, he has forgotten why.

Elk cannot even define the word "Neocon" but Media Matters tell him to hate them, so he does.

The best definition I have ever heard came from the late William F. Buckley (someone Elk has never heard of). He described a Neocon as a liberal who has just been mugged by reality.

Intrepid wrote:Elk cannot even define the word "Neocon" but Media Matters tell him to hate them, so he does.

The best definition I have ever heard came from the late William F. Buckley (someone Elk has never heard of). He described a Neocon as a liberal who has just been mugged by reality.

neo·con·ser·va·tive noun \ˌnē-ō-kən-ˈsər-və-tiv\

Definition of NEOCONSERVATIVE

1
: a former liberal espousing political conservatism
2
: a conservative who advocates the assertive promotion of democracy and United States national interest in international affairs including through military means

So you were able to look it up. As I said, you had no idea what the word meant, you had to look it up.
Elk, you remain one of the stupidest members of this board. That is not a pejorative statement, it's just a statement of truth.
Now, go look up the word "pejorative."

Elkin is locked on his opposition to the war in Iraq.

He repeats, over and over, the word "neo-con" without realizing that there were only ever a few of them.

Elkin seems like a nice enough suburban sissy, but he is lightly educated and in love with Obama.

elk will never admit that Buckley's definition of neocon is better.

Intrepid wrote:So you were able to look it up. As I said, you had no idea what the word meant, you had to look it up.
Elk, you remain one of the stupidest members of this board. That is not a pejorative statement, it's just a statement of truth.
Now, go look up the word "pejorative."

Asking Buckley to define a neocon is like a bald guy asking a barber if he needs a haircut.

WTF do you think the barber's going to say???

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Elkin knows whereof he speaks in this instance.

He begins his combover at his left armpit.