Overseas Reactions to Obama’s Speech (Not Good)

Spiegler Online: “Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America’s new strategy for Afghanistan.”

President Obama’s speech on his plan to lose the war in Afghanistan was as poorly received around he world (well, except for by the Taliban living in Afghanistan) as it was right here in the States:

One didn’t have to be a cadet on Tuesday to feel a bit of nausea upon hearing Obama’s speech. It was the least truthful address that he has ever held. He spoke of responsibility, but almost every sentence smelled of party tactics. He demanded sacrifice, but he was unable to say what it was for exactly.

Other Reacts From Across the Pond:

• Gerald Warner a the Telegraph in UK: “His West Point speech was a travesty of dishonesty, indecision, half-measures and vicious partisanship.”
• Alex Spillius: “Obama’s Afghanistan speech: Bush could have done it better”