If Obama had delivered Winston Churchill’s "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech:
. . . We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills -- and then after 18 months we shall withdraw from the beaches, we shall withdraw from the landing grounds, we shall withdraw from the fields and the streets, we shall withdraw from the hills.If Obama had delivered Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation:
. . . As commander in chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion -- as long as it’s no longer than 18 months -- the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.If Obama had delivered John F. Kennedy’s Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation:
. . . Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right; not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere, and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved . . . within 18 months or the hell with it.
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Heh. Good post. As to FDR, it might be well to remember that on Dec. 7, 1941, he was still presiding over an economy that had not yet emerged from the Great Depression.
Regarding the time limit. Reminds me of a survey the DNC sent me. In fact, the clowns sent it to me TWICE.
There was one question on Iraq. The choices had to do with when to leave Iraq- and this was in 2006. There was no choice pertaining to "leave when we have won." The DNC was also requesting money. Sorry guys, no money to you.
Yup, the O-man did a dumb one there.But that comes as no surprise, given his track record.
In 2007, Obama wrote a bill that if passed would have mandated all combat troops out of Iraq by March 31, 2008.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013001586.html
That's well before the surge had a change to work. It would have been a disaster.
Obama also said the surge would make sectarian violence worse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_igpyewuzQ
This is the guy who is now our Commander in Chief.
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