During President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, our steering committee member Phyllis Bennis was invited onto a PBS panel of commentators, whose full transcript is viewable here. Here's a summary of what Bennis made of Obama's foreign policy comments during the speech.
SOTU: Really, Mr. President?
President Barack Obama
We have also taken the fight to al-Qaeda and their allies abroad. In Afghanistan, our troops have taken Taliban strongholds and trained Afghan Security Forces. Our purpose is clear – by preventing the Taliban from reestablishing a stranglehold over the Afghan people, we will deny al-Qaeda the safe-haven that served as a launching pad for 9/11.
Is President Obama going to say anything about the latest failure in U.S.-brokered peace talks in the Middle East? Or is he just hoping we’re not paying attention, and that we’re fine with paying $30 billion over these ten years directly to the Israeli military, money that could be used for 600,000 new green jobs here at home?
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