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MineralMan

(146,346 posts) Tue May 1, 2012, 08:15 PM May 2012

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	A perfect job. He got it exactly right.
	4 (57%)
	I hated it. More time in Afghanistan? For what?
	2 (29%)
	I'm going to have to think about it some more and get more facts.
	0 (0%)
	If Afghanistan is not to become chaotic, we need to stay.
	0 (0%)
	This was one of Obama's worst speeches ever.
	0 (0%)
	I'm glad our military will be scaled down.
	0 (0%)
	I don't believe the troop reductions are fast enough.
	1 (14%)
	I have no opinion about it.
	0 (0%)
	What speech?
	0 (0%)
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President Obama's Speech Tonight - Your Opinion [View all] MineralMan May 2012 OP

Thanks for your votes. Keep 'em coming. MineralMan May 2012 #1

I think he did a good job. It was a bit vague, but it had to be. TheWraith May 2012 #2

We should have been out years ago. Daniel537 May 2012 #3

I think we should never have been there MineralMan May 2012 #4

We got out of Iraq pretty easily in the end Daniel537 May 2012 #7

It took too long, though, and the end result is not yet visible. MineralMan May 2012 #8

We were there 8 years as opposed to 11 in Afghanistan. Daniel537 May 2012 #11

And it was a much worse decision to go to Iraq. MineralMan May 2012 #12

The speech was very good as usual. MrSlayer May 2012 #5

+1 JNelson6563 May 2012 #10

Good speech as always; bad policy. baldguy May 2012 #9

Not fast enough. Texasgal May 2012 #13