Forget Everything and Runcallmeslick wrote:nice cop out. However, for those that heard for read the text of the entire speech, there was, to my mind, good and bad, and the gun issue was but a small part of it. One part I objected to was the characterization of 'self-radicalization' as new. It isn't. Richard Reid, years ago, self-radicalized before attempting the shoe bomb thing. On the other hand, steadfastly holding to no mass of troops in the region is very sound, as that is just what ISIS wants to see. Why appease them? Yes, we are paying a price for years of doing equally stupid things in the region, but there is no need to continue the mistakes. As for the bulk of the speech it was more of an attempt to call for folks to deal with the modern issue of terrorism with a measure of solemn thoughtfulness, not lashing out with stupidity and xenophobia. That was the correct tone, and always has been sound advice.
I note, this morning that the right in the US just went back to assailing Obama in some of the dumbest ways they've managed to date, thus accomplishing exactly what he warned about: divisiveness projecting American weakness. Our President Lincoln grasped that, at Gettysburg, and apparently some folks here are far too stupid to grasp the lesson 165 years down the road.
Obama Said You Were Safe From ISIS.
Obama Said You Could Trust The Government To Screen Immigrants.
Obama Thinks The Government Is Great At Tracking Down Terror Leads.
Obama Thinks Taking Your Guns Will Stop Terrorists.
Democrats Think They Can Disarm You Without Due Process.
The Department of Justice Thinks Its Top Priority Is Prosecution of “Anti-Muslim” Speech.
Nope, not quite....we fought the Nazis and kicked their ass. 
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