President Obama speaking LIVE (CNN) now in Australia - live stream link below

[Tx4obama]

http://www.rentadrone.tv/cnn-live-stream/


in Darwin Australia

[Hardrada]

1. More truisms, high-flown essentially meaningless rhetoric

and a bit of sabre-rattling too, I suppose. Par for the course.

[Tx4obama]

2. Obama is first U.S. president ever to visit the Northern Territory n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I prefer to watch the violation of civil rights currently in Dallas

Let me know if he orders the DOJ to intervene like Ike and JFK did.

[Tx4obama]

4. Speaking to the Australian troops that have returned from war ...

and Obama visited the war memorial there (in Australia) earlier in the day.

[slipslidingaway]

5. Obama tells Asia, U.S. "here to stay"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/17/us-obama-asia-idUSTRE7AF32X20111117

"President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the U.S. military would expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region despite budget cuts, declaring America was "here to stay" as a Pacific power which would help shape the region's future.

China voiced misgivings about Obama's announcement of a de facto military base in Australia and has longstanding fears that its growing power could be hobbled by U.S. influence.

Obama acknowledged China's unease at what it sees as attempts by Washington to encircle it, pledging to seek greater cooperation with Beijing.

The U.S. military, turning its focus away from Iraq and Afghanistan, would be more broadly distributed in Asia, particularly Southeast Asia, more flexible and help build regional capacity, he told the Australian parliament.

"As we end today's wars, I have directed my national security team to make our presence and missions in the Asia Pacific a top priority," Obama said in a major speech on Washington's vision for the Asia-Pacific region.

"As a result, reductions in U.S. defense spending will not -I repeat, will not - come at the expense of the Asia Pacific."

[Tx4obama]

6. The CNN live speech is over now. And he didn't talk about any of that this time. n/t

[slipslidingaway]

7. Yes it is over, and yesterday is So long ago. n/t

[court jester]

10. +100

Whiplash. That's the danger of following this crap.

Troops in AUS? Really? Whoa. Troops on Every Continent: A PNAC wet dream. A Conspiracy in plain sight.

"As a result, reductions in U.S. defense spending will not -I repeat, will not - come at the expense of the Asia Pacific."

That sounds pretty serious!

Apparently, the People of the United States have little to naught influence upon American Foreign Policy. Hopefully, this will become more apparent to the proles as time goes on, but a look at human history is not encouraging.

In the future, historians will ask "how did the people let it happen?"

[slipslidingaway]

12. Yes...

hardly any posts of what is being said on this trip.

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[lamp_shade]

9. Say what?

[Earth_First]

11. Did he publicly support OccupySydney while there? n/t