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On November 10, writers Peter Baker and Clifford Krauss headlined, "President, at Service, Hails Fort Hood's Fallen (in assuming) the role of national eulogist (and leading) the country in mourning...."
In shamelessly promoting America's imperial wars, ahead of new troop deployments, Obama referred to:
"....trying times for our country. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the same extremists who killed nearly 3,000 Americans continue to endanger America, our allies, and innocent Afghans and Pakistanis. In Iraq, we are working to bring a war to a successful end, as there are still those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed so much for." Fort Hood's fallen soldiers "reaffirm the core values that we are fighting for (to give) others half a world away the chance to lead a better life."
The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder said it's "The Best Speech Obama's Given Since....Maybe Ever. Today, at Ft. Hood. I guarantee: they'll be teaching this one in rhetoric classes. It was that good."
The New York Times called it "soaring rhetoric." Political Wire.com said it's his best speech ever. Attending politicians from both parties agreed that he touched all the right points. Other media comments expressed strong undertone support for America's imperial wars and need to fight terrorism.
More Islamophobic Response
On November 6, in Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters headlined, "Fort Hood's 9/11" calling it "the worst act of terror on American soil since" that day. "This was a terrorist act. When an extremist plans and executes a murderous plot against our armed forces to protest our efforts to counter Islamic fanatics, it's an act of terror. Period."
From the Wall Street Journal:
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