Obama's cold indifferent by the numbers afghanistan speech.

You can read the transcript but even reading it there is nothing that stands out from the speech that Obama really gives a damn about the outcome of Afghanistan. It was a typical speech that hit upon the talking points including blaming Bush but it was not inspiring. Whoever wrote it clearly did not believe what he/she was writing on paper.

Listening to Obama made the speech worse, he had no emotion and he did not seem pleased to be there giving it or believing the words coming out of his mouth. There was no hint of looking to be victorious in Afghanistan, just a long enough timetable with just enough troops where he can't win but at least get out of it in a political sense that doesn't harm him.

This was pure politics, not a President of the United States looking to win a war.

On the other hand, its nice to know there is one segment of spending he will take a very close look at and surprise! it would be the military where he finally gives a damn about the cost of something. Not his domestic programs or the bailouts, brilliant.

I wasn't expecting much and I did not get it from Obama.