A Date That Will Live in Oblivion
George Packer on President Obama’s Oval Office speech:
What President Obama called the end of the combat mission in Iraq is a meaningless milestone, constructed almost entirely out of thin air, and his second Oval Office speech marks a rare moment of dishonesty and disingenuousness on the part of a politician who usually resorts to rare candor at important moments. The fifty thousand troops who will remain in Iraq until the end of next year will still be combat troops in everything but name, because they will be aiding one side in an active war zone. The proclaimed end of Operation Iraqi Freedom has little or nothing to do with the military and political situation in Iraq, which is why Iraqis were barely aware when the last U.S. combat brigade crossed into Kuwait a few days ago. And for most of us, too—except, perhaps, those with real skin in the game, the million and a half Iraq war veterans and their families—there’s hardly any reality or substance to the moment.
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No shit, Joe. Healthcare reform, whether you’re for it or against it, is a big deal. I’m so happy it just hit you. Fucking idiot.
This douche is number two in command? Really? What a flipping idiot. Sure you can argue that Slow Joe has more important things to worry about besides Academy Award nominated motion pictures. But that argument would only be valid if he ever illustrated that he actually did anything. I’m sure Sarah Palin would have known what Avatar is. Probably because her children aren’t in their mid 40s… Hopefully Barack will drop this tool in 2012. That’s all I have to say.
