tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post1983733348859963893..comments2024-03-24T20:07:23.560-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: Understanding The Greatness Of Obama's End-To-Perpetual-War SpeechShaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-81173228274583594242013-06-02T04:09:16.042-04:002013-06-02T04:09:16.042-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006754068086617125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-37440564247948392172013-05-28T17:34:45.955-04:002013-05-28T17:34:45.955-04:00I've actually been slightly surprised that the...I've actually been slightly surprised that there hasn't been more widespread Republican push-back over his notion that the war on terror is not open-ended. (I think perhaps because many were already off in their districts on MemDay vacation, saluting the fallen that -- as your blog's first replier aptly noted -- some of these chickenhawks would never be.<br /><br />I said to m'lady immediately after the speech ended, "That one's going in the history books." I think it's more than a legacy issue, though that plays a part for sure.<br /><br />Obama has long stated views closely associated with the philosophical/spiritual concept of "just war," and the disparities between the policies of "nonviolence of the strong/ weak" "and violence of the strong/weak." It's a variant of the old meme of "peace through strength," however much that ancient mantra was misconstrued in the Goldwater campaign and the Reagan years, But its underpinnings are rooted in a desire for a calm planet where humankind can get about its true business of spiritual development, understanding and compassion. Conceptually, it's a long-overdue reply to the "Me Decade" that many in the minority party still embrace.<br /> <br />I know Obama's done little lately (pre-speech) about shipping the majority of detainees adjudged harmless back to Yemen, I think largely out of concern that the country's volatility might lead any aggrieved by their Cuban treatment to sign up with AQAP once back home and continue the fight.<br /><br />But I keep hearing progressive plaints suggesting that the president could just shut Gitmo "if he really wanted to." If US law bars his moving the worst of the detainees to mainland US, and CIA interrogations sully their civilian trial, I don't see where these folks think he can transfer them until we figure out a means to try them in accord with US law that assures their ongoing incarceration.<br /><br />Obama glossed over that in his speech (something like, "I'm sure we'll find an answer"), but it remains the knottiest problem at Gitmo, with no easy cure.<br /><br />But you're definitely right that the speech in its comprehensive entirety deserves a serious salute, and it's sad for the Republic that too many, like your second replier, missed it in the moment. May more of them, like that one, go back and take another look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-61622465340147866232013-05-28T10:12:42.112-04:002013-05-28T10:12:42.112-04:00I think that President Obama’s speech to end the P...I think that President Obama’s speech to end the Perpetual War is a start in the right direction. The Republican Party has tipped over and the Democratic Party is very closely behind. I agree the President is pretty much on his own, because neither party wants to anger their corporate sponsors. I have no compassion for the scumball terrorists in Guantanamo. I am sure they are the worst of the worst, the President can lower them into an abandoned salt mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-15415566252163037122013-05-27T18:32:08.438-04:002013-05-27T18:32:08.438-04:00I enjoyed reading this post and it gave me a new a...I enjoyed reading this post and it gave me a new appreciation for President Obama. I had missed his end-to-perpetual-war speech, but I'm going to track it down and listen to it.<br />I find it interesting how all the NeoCons who attacked Obama over the speech are all a bunch of chickenhawk cowards who never served in uniform (although that doesn't prevent them from smearing war heroes like John Kerry).Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.com