On August 31st of 2010, President Obama addressed the nation on his plan to end the war in Iraq in hopes of creating more peace. The President addressed the combat in Iraq that has lasted the past ten years. President Obama discussed the toll that the war has taken on our country and the country of Iraq as well as our suffering economy. The statement the stood out the most to me was his decision to let the Iraqi people find peace on their own and to basically let them be and live their own lives.
Although it all sounds very wonderful, I thought President Obama’s speech was a very typical politician speech. In my opinion, the president was simply addressing his 2008 campaign promises. If his plans of ending combat in Iraq and instating a peace between the two countries, then I think the entire speech was wonderful and the plan is very promising. I have faith that it will work out. However, even though this is something that the nation has been wanting for years, I’m very sure that people will disapprove because it’s something that President Obama has brought up and it’s much more popular to disagree with the president than it is to agree with him. I think now that the president has chosen to go in the direction to end the war, our nation will be on a very bumpy road because we will need to recover after the war and after all of the troops come home. It’s going to be very hard for the troops when they come home. They will have to find jobs, which aren’t an easy task in this economy. They also have to struggle with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder which can be very hard for them and for their families. In my opinion, I think that the entire country will have to work together for the recovery process to go well and that might be our toughest hurdle. United we stand and divided we fall, they are such simple words but if we truly lived by them, our country could work wonders.
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