Speech continues..
"The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government."
The Government has already been an 800 lb gorilla in Americans' parlors and is now set to go crazy on steroids. Increasing Government control of more and more aspects of peoples' lives is now guaranteed by the engineered crisis that is upon the country. It's the "we're all in this together" mantra that sets the Government up as the Saviour that will work with the people to make things all better. No matter that they were the ones who created the crisis.
Moving on..
"And so, to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born, know that America is a friend of each nation, and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity. And we are ready to lead once more"
How can anyone in Iraq, Palestine or Afghanistan consider America as their friend? Obama's silence when thousands of men, women and children were being bombed to pieces with weapons provided by him - yes, Obama consistently voted to send Israel all the weapons they wanted, including Phosphorous shells - didn't qualify as being a friend.
His order on 23rd January for missile strikes on poor villages in Pakistan's tribal areas because he "believed" that "insurgents" - read inhabitants that are working to throw the murderous U.S. military machine out of their country - were living in these villages does not qualify as being a friend. 18 people were summarily executed. It's now officially Obama's watch, the blood is officially on his hands.
But I suppose that this is what he meant when he said..
"To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. (Applause.)"
Speech continues..
"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. (Applause.)"
I suppose he could have been talking about his own Government but probably meant President Musharraf of Pakistan, America's ally in the "War on Terror".
The lies and deceptions continue as a mendacious and disingenuous sermon that was crafted by his delivery and intonation to bring the spectre of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to hover behind him like a halo.
The final paragraph, quoting Thomas Paine during the 1776 War of Independence against the tyranny of the British..
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