Roger Simon's 'A Grim Speech for a Grim War.' He may be on to something here.

[flpoljunkie]

In the trickiest part of his speech, Obama, having pivoted from war to the economy, tried to bundle them together.

“As we wind down the war in Iraq, we must tackle those challenges at home with as much energy, and grit and sense of common purpose as our men and women in uniform who have served abroad,” he said. “They have met every test that they faced. Now, it is our turn.”

But is our economy still teetering on the brink because ordinary Americans lack “energy,” “grit” and a “sense of common purpose”? Or is it because corporate fat cats and predatory lenders duped a nation while lining their parachutes with gold?

In speaking of our military, Obama said, “They stared into the darkest of human creations — war — and helped the Iraqi people seek the light of peace.”

Good. Now maybe we should send the troops to Wall Street and see what good they can do for our people.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41649_Page2.html

[truedelphi]

1. I am all for the troops storming the Bastille

At Wall Street Fat Cat offices - in fact, I will gladly join them.

[Frustratedlady]

2. Amen! Somehow, we need to get this message through to the Fat Cats.

It's time to take control and reclaim our economy and country. In fact, we should have marched a couple years ago when the banks were nearly at the point of collapse.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. There are many who might welcome a "French Revolution" here...

[pscot]

4. Well, we do know where they live.

Just sayin'.

[indepat]

5. Is it about a million Iraqis who found death rather than the light of peace?

:shrug: