Obama Earns Icy Reception At West Point

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Love this. You reap what you sow.
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The president was given what has been described as an "icy reception" before, during and after his speech in front of cadets at their graduation ceremony at the US Military Academy at West Point, Wednesday, causing some to question the wisdom of giving a defensive, self-serving, partisan speech at a military venue.

On Fox News' Special Report, Charles Krauthammer said, “I think the speech was literally pointless — it didn’t have a point, it was a defensive speech,” he said. “It was an answer to the chorus of criticism, even from his side of the aisle, that it has been a weak, leaderless, rudderless foreign policy, which it has been.”

And he went on to note, “there was no response from any of the cadets — it was quiet as a mouse.”

But their icy reaction appeared to be about more than just the content of Obama's vapid, deceptive, delusional speech.

Upon his introduction, he received only a light smattering of applause with an aborted attempt at standing O by a small handful in the audience. In the video below, no cadets can be seen coming to their feet.

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That is what the military thinks of a president who abandons a Marine held in a Mexican prison for taking a wrong turn, neglects the VA, shuts out veterans from national memorials during shut-down theater, forces suicidal RoE, lies about Benghazi, takes full credit for killing Osama Bin Laden after preparing to blame the military if anything went wrong, and then leaks information that leads to Navy Seal deaths, and then sends their parents form-letter condolence notes signed with an auto-pen.

In contrast, look how West Point Cadets greeted President Bush during his final visit to the academy in December of 2008 - arguably at the lowest ebb of his presidency:


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http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/05/28/Video-Obama-s-Icy-Reception-At-West-Point
 
R. Nicholas Burns, who was under secretary of state for Mr. Bush, was more impressed, calling the speech “sincere and well said.” He added: “He’s right to say it’s now time to return to normalcy and he set the bar for military action appropriately at a very high level.”

Mr. Obama said interventionists on the left and right argue “that America’s willingness to apply force around the world is the ultimate safeguard against chaos and America’s failure to act in the face of Syrian brutality or Russian provocations not only violates our conscience, but invites escalating aggression in the future.”

But he added, “Since World War II, some of our most costly mistakes came not from our restraint, but from our willingness to rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences.”


Obama is right. His foreign policy approach is correct. He has done well in this area.
 
futurecurrents said:
R. Nicholas Burns, who was under secretary of state for Mr. Bush, was more impressed, calling the speech “sincere and well said.” He added: “He’s right to say it’s now time to return to normalcy and he set the bar for military action appropriately at a very high level.”

Mr. Obama said interventionists on the left and right argue “that America’s willingness to apply force around the world is the ultimate safeguard against chaos and America’s failure to act in the face of Syrian brutality or Russian provocations not only violates our conscience, but invites escalating aggression in the future.”

But he added, “Since World War II, some of our most costly mistakes came not from our restraint, but from our willingness to rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences.”


Obama is right. His foreign policy approach is correct. He has done well in this area.
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I won't argue that more restraint is needed. But to say Obama has done well in this area is inaccurate at best. The problem with Obama's foreign policy has been it's horrible inconsistency and ambiguity. And the military, both leadership and enlisted, know him for what he is - a snake that would just assume stand with them for a photo op as throw them under the bus when it benefits him politically.
 
Tsing Tao said:
I won't argue that more restraint is needed. But to say Obama has done well in this area is inaccurate at best. The problem with Obama's foreign policy has been it's horrible inconsistency and ambiguity. And the military, both leadership and enlisted, know him for what he is - a snake that would just assume stand with them for a photo op as throw them under the bus when it benefits him politically.
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Tsing Tao said:
I won't argue that more restraint is needed. But to say Obama has done well in this area is inaccurate at best. The problem with Obama's foreign policy has been it's horrible inconsistency and ambiguity. And the military, both leadership and enlisted, know him for what he is - a snake that would just assume stand with them for a photo op as throw them under the bus when it benefits him politically.
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Looks like even ultra liberal NBC's Richard Engel agrees with you.

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