President Barack Obama addresses the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) 89th National Convention in Atlanta, Ga., DAV National Commander Roberto Barrera listens at left, August 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Will Bam Lose Iraq? President's Weird 'Victory' Lap -- Ralph Peters
One president gave his premature "Mission Accomplished" speech about Iraq on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Now another has given his own version as part of a Chicago-ward-politics sales pitch to disabled veterans.
The difference is that the first guy was sincere.
President Obama's pork-barrel speech to the Disabled Veterans of America yesterday (if you want to help our vets, shut up and do it) would have drawn a blush from those Soviet propagandists who cropped purged Politburo members from Stalin-era photographs.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama on Iraq -- Joe Klein, Time Magazine
Iraq's Troubling Ambiguities -- Anne Nivat, New York Times
Washington fiddles away as Pakistan burns in civil war -- Tony Karon, The National
China-Russia Border Poison -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Cowering in Fear: Sudan's president has been charged with genocide—so why aren't African nations confronting him? -- Elizabeth Palchik Allen, New Republic
US intel bubble needs pin prick -- Philip Smucker, Kuwait Times
The Taliban's Savagery: The documents released by WikiLeaks say much about the evil of our enemies. -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
Wiki espionage: Paying for spying with lives -- Tony Blankley, Washington Times
China's Real Estate Bubble Threatens to Burst -- Wieland Wagner, Spiegel Online