[JohnR]

The Speech and the Direction.

Overall I thought the speech was good if not a little bland. It is good to see a president that can speak the language.

More importantly, the direction the presidents is (finally) seeking is the right course. With the probably exception of the timeline, we may now have what we were hearing back in the elections, a more focused resolve in AFG. Hopefully our "partners" can produce the same.

As a side note, the pres said we took our eye off the ball in AFG with regards to Iraq. That is partially true. We also made the mistake (maybe gamble instead of "mistake"?) of planting responsibility of AFG with our NATO allies in that time frame. Our NATO allies that would coalesce from a bickering gaggle should the Red Army roll through the Fulda Gap are bit more gaggle and a lot less coalesced in AFG.

What say you?