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Absolutely. <br>
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"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more," as
Shakespeare's favorite war-criminal, Henry V, put it...<br>
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It's Obama's Operation Barbarossa.<br>
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On 8/30/10 9:29 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
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Plus, according to press reports, the speech will not just be
about the "end of the War in Iraq" - it will be a pivot to the War
in Afghanistan:
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
Roman";">Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan
focus<br>
Mark S. Smith, Associated Press, Thursday, August 26, 2010;
4:43 PM <br>
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Vineyard Haven, Mass. - With his Oval Office speech Tuesday
night, President
Barack Obama will signal a shift in America's focus from the
Iraq War to the
war in Afghanistan,
his spokesman said Thursday.<br>
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Administration officials have portrayed the 8 p.m. EDT speech
as an important
pivot point from a war that candidate Obama said should never
have been fought
to a conflict that President Obama sees as vital to the
nation's security.<br>
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Previewing the speech as Obama vacationed on Martha's
Vineyard, Deputy Press
Secretary Bill Burton said Obama also wants to thank U.S.
troops who've fought bravely in Iraq.<br>
[...]<br>
Burton said the
Oval Office address "commemorates an important milepost in
American
history." He said Obama will use the occasion to speak
"directly with
the American people about what our mission is in Afghanistan
(and) the fact that more of our efforts and focus are now on
fighting al-Qaida
in Afghanistan."<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:14 PM, C. G.
Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="display: inline;">The Undergraduate
Library @ UIUC announces the following:<br>
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"Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the
end of the War in Iraq (sic). Join us at UGL to
watch a live broadcast of President Obama's
declaration of the end of the combat mission, and
stay for a discussion afterward."<br>
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I sent them a note ("That's an ou<span
style="display: inline;">trageous acquiescence
to the administration's propaganda. The war is
nowhere near over. Obama continues to order mass
murder in the Middle East in pursuit of
America's neo-colonial project in the region. I
hope you will have someone to point that out in
the discussion afterward..."), to which they (?)
replied<br>
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"Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the
President's address will be followed by a
vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For the
record, I don't disagree with you at all -- but
it is still a historic moment, and a
fantastically rich opportunity to talk about
dozens of different things."<br>
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I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's
new undergraduate members - should show up. <br>
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And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral
support... --CGE<br>
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