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Showing Original Post only (View all)Jeremy Scahill's take on Obama's UN Speech [View all]
PRESIDENT OBAMA: The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure our core interests in the region. We will confront external aggression our allies and partners, as we did in the Gulf War. We will ensure the free flow of energy from the region to the world.
JEREMY SCAHILL: During this section of the speech my jaw sort of hit the floor. He basically came out and said the United States is an imperialist nation and we are going to do whatever we need to conquer areas to take resources from around the world. I mean, it was a really naked sort of declaration of imperialism, and I dont use that word lightly, but it really is. I mean, he pushed back against the Russians when he came out and said I believe America is an exceptional nation. He then defended the Gulf War and basically said that the motivation behind it was about oil and said we are going to continue to take such actions in pursuit of securing natural resources for ourselves and our allies. I mean, this was a pretty incredible and bold declaration he was making, especially given the way that he has tried to portray himself around the world. On the other hand, you know, remember what happened right before Obama took the stage is that the president of Brazil got up, and she herself is a former political prisoner who was abused and targeted in a different lifetime, and she gets up and just blasts the United States over the NSA spy program around the world.
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True, I had hoped when I voted for him he would have been a better man than his predecessors, but
Dragonfli
Sep 2013
#5
Not in the national leadership's continuing belief we have a right to the resources we covet
Dragonfli
Sep 2013
#25
I thought we elected Dems to change that. The rest of the world will never take kindly to the US
sabrina 1
Sep 2013
#35
Yes, but people ARE beginning to wake up, slowly but surely. As Brzenzski said recently, ruefully
sabrina 1
Sep 2013
#61
What do you think "we will ensure the free flow of energy from the region" means?
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2013
#29
Scahill's a noisy a-hole. Here's a transcript of the President's speech:
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#8
(1) Blackwater was on our radar here at DU long before Scahill wrote his book; check
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#44
If you really want to win these fights, and not just make noises, you might pay attention
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#67
Really? Upthread you ridiculously accused me: "Bomb Bomb Iran jingle made you giggle"
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#70
(2) The current pseudo-leftist fad, of noisy outrage without careful analysis and without
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#46
(3) President Obama's speech contains nothing resembling Scahill's description of it
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#47
I guess the yattering bourgeoise pseudo-radical have something of a following. I might
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#48
Why isn't Scahill posting the Text around that statement? Haven't read everything but why do I get..
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#12
Because it never is. He always does this. He selects a quote, takes it out of context,
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#38
You could have paid attention to reply #14. It's correct. Then you wouldn't be wrong.
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2013
#41
Still not sure where you see imperialism, preemptive attack, nation-building, or any of the tenets
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#60
Under the bus with him! how dare he use the president's quotes against the president!
Doctor_J
Sep 2013
#59