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Thursday Jun 05, 2014
Leid Stories - Obama Goes A-Gunning In Europe, Itching for A Fight - 06/05/14
Thursday Jun 05, 2014
Thursday Jun 05, 2014
A week after announcing plans for total troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2016, President Barack Obama seemed to be itching for a fight in Europe.
In Poland to meet with regional leaders prior to the G7 Summit in Brussels, the president keynoted official ceremonies in Warsaw for Polish Freedom Day, marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s emergence from communism. In a scathing attack on Russia—which G7 member-nations have excluded from the summit because of its role in Ukraine—Obama told President Bronislaw Komorowski and the people assembled that the United States is committed to defending all European states against incursions by the communist regime. A U.S. military buildup is already under way, Obama said.
Leid Stories and listeners analyze Obama’s speech, which was riddled with huge ironies and contradictions, and a reversion to the Cold War-era mindset.