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Video: Obama shamelessly contradicts himself about troops dying in vain
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Video: Obama shamelessly contradicts himself about troops dying in vain posted at 2:40 pm on September 27, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Thanks to commenter (and ex-blogger) Seixon for catching this. Not a huge deal, but a nice reminder of what a cynical poseur The One is. Here he is last night during the bracelet exchange, sonorously declaring that no soldier dies in vain who follows the orders of his commander-in-chief: And here’s how poseur ended his 2002 anti-war speech , which remains to this day the biggest/only credential on his foreign-policy resume: The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We ...
Obama Flip-Flops On Soldiers Dying In Vain
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Here’s what Obama had to say about soldiers dying in vain back in 2002, when he gave his much-touted (by him) anti-Iraq war speech as an Illinois state senator:
The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not — we will not — travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain.
Here’s what Obama had to say about ...
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