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ABSOLUT VICTORY: STEPHEN GREEN IS Drunkblogging Obama?s Iraq Speech. Bush got a mention, the t?

By Glenn Reynolds

ABSOLUT VICTORY: STEPHEN GREEN IS Drunkblogging Obama?s Iraq Speech.

Bush got a mention, the troops got two mentions ? but I haven?t hear thanks to either one. . . .

What the hell is this? Seriously. We were promised an update on Iraq. Instead we?re getting a defense of Obamanomics, which unlike the Surge (anyone?), has been a total failure.

Read the whole thing. And weep, or laugh, or something. Drink!

UPDATE: More from Prof. Jacobson.

And here’s the full text of Obama’s speech.

Plus, what Obama said about the surge when it mattered.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More then-and-now comparison.

MORE: Obama In The Oval Office: “First, a visual observation: he looked scrawny and ill-at-ease at the large, empty desk. There were no funny hand gestures this time, as there was for the Oil Spill address. This speech did have some good moments, which I will start with.”

MORE STILL: Celebrating V-I Day back in 2008.

STILL MORE: Bill Kristol: “It wasn’t a bad speech.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 31, 2010 (boomark / email).