May 26, 2011

President Obama Speech in Westminster Hall

The Speech of President Barack Obama marked as an historical superb in Westminster Hall in England. He stressed more superlative giver of every inch of a king. Barack Obama put America and Europe unambiguously  on the side of those fighting for freedom in the Middle East , concerning the West can remain "The catalyst for global action", ending a decade of war and bloodshed.  


In the centrepiece of a day of extraordinary theatre and pomp, Obama, the first American president to address both houses of parliament in Westminster Hall, sought to redefine the role of the US and its allies. He developed his foreign policy doctrine by arguing that the Arab spring showed the west need no longer fear that its interests and ideals were in conflict.


Accepting the west had to overcome mistrust in the region, he said western leaders had come to recognise "repression only offers the false promises of stability, that societies are more successful when their citizens are free and that democracies are the closest allies we have".
But he sought to distance himself from George W Bush's military simplicities in Iraq, insisting: "We will proceed with humility and the knowledge that we cannot dictate outcomes abroad. Ultimately freedom must be won by people themselves."
Obama's speech came hours after a joint news conference with David Cameron in which they renewed their calls for Muammar Gaddafi to stand aside. But there were differences in tone, with Cameron saying they should be "turning up the heat" on the Libyan leader, while Obama called for patience and cautioned against artificial timelines.
In addition, the US president did not explicitly call for regime change, saying "at minimum" the requirement was "to make sure Gaddafi does not have the capacity to send in a bunch of thugs to murder innocent civilians".
He also sought to dispel as a false perception the suggestion that the US military restraint was preventing a quick fix in Libya, denying that "there are a whole bunch of secret super-effective air assets in a warehouse somewhere that could just be pulled out and that would immediately solve the situation in Libya".

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