Obama's Iraq Speech A Monument To Himself

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Are we pulling out of Iraq too soon? Yes. Have we actually pulled out? No. Number of times in the speech that Obama mentioned Bush, who's strategy brought about victory? Once? Number of times Obama said the word "I" in an obvious pat on the back of himself? Too many to count.

We were told this was no back patting session. Well, so much for what we were told.

Then again, what did you expect from this narcissistic president with no class?

Well, at least he gave praise to the troops.

It is funny, though, how he spoke in this speech as if he'd been for the war all along - even though he had said in his campaign that he was against the war, against the surge, and that the operation in Iraq was a failure.

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