Obama’s Afghanistan Speech, Where was the V word?
President Obama, well known for his soaring rhetoric and ability to cause audience members to faint while giving a speech, seemed more like a professor giving a lecture than a Commander in Chief announcing the decision to send 30,000 more troops into harms way Tuesday night at West Point. The majority of the speech could have meshed perfectly with a power point presentation. The only part of his speech that was able to wake the sleepy West Point Cadets was when he spoke about the greatness of America (something he has done very little of).
There is nothing inherently wrong with giving a boring speech, but this was not a speech outlining some domestic policy or economic plan. It was a speech announcing the decision to send more Americans into battle. If he was ever going to give an inspiring speech, this was the time for it. War is a terrible thing, but Americans know that it is sometimes necessary. We just need a President to assure us that our cause is just and victory will be achieved. During his speech, Obama never used the word victory. He never assured the cadets listening to him that we would be victorious. The closest he came was saying that we will be “successful”. Is that the politically correct term for victory? We know he doesn’t like the “V” word, because he said so himself in an interview with ABC,
