Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Obama-Rede: einfach nur wow!

CMB online ist selbstverständlich "fair and balanced", und daher folgt auf einen Obama-kritischen Eintrag umgehend ein großes Lob für den Präsidenten. Das verdient Barack Obama für seine wirklich fulminante Rede bei der Trauerfeier für die getöteten Soldaten in Fort Hood. Zu dieser Rede kann ich wirklich einfach nur sagen: Wow!

Hier die besten Passagen:

But here is what you must also know: Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. Their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched. Their life's work is our security, and the freedom that we all too often take for granted. Every evening that the sun sets on a tranquil town; every dawn that a flag is unfurled; every moment that an American enjoys life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- that is their legacy.
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It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy. But this much we do know -- no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor. For what he has done, we know that the killer will be met with justice -- in this world, and the next.

These are trying times for our country. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the same extremists who killed nearly 3,000 Americans continue to endanger America, our allies, and innocent Afghans and Pakistanis. In Iraq, we're working to bring a war to a successful end, as there are still those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed so much for.


Obama hat mit seiner Rede genau den richtigen Ton getroffen. Respekt dafür!