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  1. What conservatives said Obamas speech didnt sound like: Churchill, Henry …


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    including George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, and Henry V. Speech didnt sound like "Henry V or […] from George Bush when he announced his surge." Krauthammers "Henry V" reference is an apparent allusion to the St […] Winston Churchill, I didnt hear Ronald Reagan, I didnt hear George Bush." On a post-speech edition of Fox News Hannity
    4 weeks ago
  2. Analysis: 2 very different surge speeches


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    mentioned “peace” five times in his Iraq surge speech; Obama used it once.Bush was more likely to portray the threat of […] night speech committing 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and Bush’s Jan. 10, 2007, speech committing 20,000 more to Iraq […] .But the rhetoric could not be more different. The two surge speeches showed Bush, the unilateralist, and Obama, the
    4 weeks ago
  3. Tom Engelhardt: The Nine Surges of Obamas War: How to Escalate in …


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    Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com . In his Afghan “surgespeech at West Point last week, President Obama offered […] intelligence counterparts, has been in an almost constant state of surge since the last days of the Bush administration […] likely to become.  Despite the seeming specificity of the speech, it gave little sense of just how big and how expensive
    3 weeks ago
  4. Jon Stewart Rips Obamas Surge Speech: Sounds Like Bush in 2007


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    videoclips to show just how much Obamas speech resembled what Bush said more than two years ago concerning Iraq. "The Daily Show […] begin tonight in 2007. Our war in Iraq was going badly. So President Bush proposed a bold new strategy: a surge of nearly 30 […] ? 30,000 troops. If it doesnt work, call my service. Unless theyve gotten to him. Maybe hes giving the same surge speech
    4 weeks ago
  5. Analysis: 2 very different surge speeches


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    mentioned “peace” five times in his Iraq surge speech; Obama used it once.Bush was more likely to portray the threat of […] night speech committing 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and Bush’s Jan. 10, 2007, speech committing 20,000 more to Iraq […] .But the rhetoric could not be more different. The two surge speeches showed Bush, the unilateralist, and Obama, the
    4 weeks ago
  6. Ignoring Iraqs Lessons


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    terror, and growing trust and cooperation from Baghdads residents,” Bush said in his surge speech. “The question is whether […] the continued success of Bush’s Iraq surge. Elise Jordan on the debt the president owes his predecessor. Tonight at the […] , to be concentrated primarily in Baghdad.Bush gave his speech in the White House library; the 20-minute talk was short by
    4 weeks ago
  7. Analysis: 2 very different surge speeches


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    mentioned “peace” five times in his Iraq surge speech; Obama used it once.Bush was more likely to portray the threat of […] night speech committing 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and Bush’s Jan. 10, 2007, speech committing 20,000 more to Iraq […] .But the rhetoric could not be more different. The two surge speeches showed Bush, the unilateralist, and Obama, the
    4 weeks ago
  8. Obama’s Afghan surge speech vs. Bush’s Iraq surge speech


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    station. Bush: On September the 11th, 2001, we saw what a refuge for extremists on the other side of the world could […] tolerate a safe haven for terrorists whose location is known and whose intentions are clear. Bush: The prime minister […] taking office, I approved a longstanding request for more troops. Bush: This is a strong commitment. But for it to
    4 weeks ago
  9. What conservatives said Obama’s speech didn’t sound like: Churchill, …


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    like Bush’s surge speech. In a December 1 blog post , New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote: Indeed, in this […] regard I think it’s worth comparing tonight’s speech, unfavorably, to George W. Bush’s address announcing the Iraqi surge […] . Bush, Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, and Henry V. Speech didn’t sound like “Henry V or Churchill
    4 weeks ago
  10. Jon Stewart: Obama’s Surge Speech Sounds Awefully Like Bush in 2007


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    3 weeks ago