Most frequently used words in President Obama's speech

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The larger the word in the graphic, the more times it appeared in the speech. Note: common words such as "the" and "and" aren't included.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/12/01/f-obama-speech-words.html

transcript: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/12/01/f-obama-afghanistan-speech-transcript.html

[phantom power]

1. I notice that "war" is a lot larger than "end"

[Winterblues]

33. and PEACE appears to be microscopic

Deficit doesn't seem to be there either, nor is Health Care, or Jobs.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Terra, he needs to talk more about Terra. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

"We have always been at war with terra. Emmanuel Goldstein is an enemy to the sacred war profiteers of our beloved Homeland. War is peace. Fear is courage. Chickenhawkery is cool. Massive profits are fabulously pleasing for cronies. Too bad about you Americans. Smirk."

- xCommander AWOL (R)

[closeupready]

3. I don't see "peace" in there.

n/t

[berni_mccoy]

15. security is the new word for peace

as it is unlikely we will ever see peace on earth.

[HughMoran]

4. "July 2011"..."begin to come home"

That's all that matters.

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6. 'depending on conditions on the ground'

'Conditions on the ground' kept troops unnecessarily bogged down in Iraq looking for a 'political solution' to the resistant violence there. I remember a similar timeline there which shifted every 18 months after they told us they'd be finished with their meddling in 18 months.

[HughMoran]

9. Yes, that's boilerplate language and has to be there

Can you imagine pulling out on a schedule as our troops are being ambushed and killed by the thousands?


Oh, and we are pulling out of Iraq.

[bigtree]

13. commander there says he has until March to 'decide' whether conditions merit

Odinero

[HughMoran]

18. Of course

..as expected.

[blm]

5. Better than IRAQ! WMD! IRAQ! MUSHROOM CLOUD! IRAQ!

.

[closeupready]

8. I noticed that last night, too - just like Condi Rice.

"We don't want a mushroom cloud blahblahy....." :eyes:

[bigtree]

11. true

. . . yet the language is still centered on dubious notions of defending our 'national security' from Afghanistan and the alarmist references to al-Qaeda and the Taliban - neither of who threaten us any more from there than anywhere else idiots can put pen to paper or type out their terror texts to each other. 'They're plottin''


President: "I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is the epicentre of the violent extremism practiced by al-Qaeda. It is from here that we were attacked on 9/11, and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as I speak."

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

17. Given the topic of the speech, what did you expect?

And I don't think you can credibly say that neither Al Qaeda nor the Taliban pose ANY threat to us. I don't think anyone can.

[bigtree]

20. not from Afghanistan they don't

The Taliban harbored bin-Laden. They weren't the plotters. They were going to give him up, but Bush was hell-bent to invade. The military says there are little more than 100 'al-Qaeda' believed to be in Afghanistan. Most of what we're fighting there is resistance to our occupation. And anyone can 'plot' from anywhere in the world. It makes no sense that Afghanistan - where virtually none of the original 9-11 fugitive terror suspects are believed to be hiding - is the center of any 'terror war'; no more than New Jersey should be (where the 'sleepers' were said to reside).

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

21. See BLM's post below. (nt)

[blm]

30. I disagree with you. Years before 9-11 some of us were warning DC about Taliban's growing

strength and noted that human rights conditions in Afghanistan had deteriorated considerably since their takeover. Those consitions contributed greatly to why Al Qaeda was able to find a foothold and strengthen its purpose in Afghanistan.

Too bad a blue dress could gain the public's attention while real issues could not.

[newspeak]

25. did you forget 9/11, 9/11, 9/11?

It seems the PNAC plan is going well. Full domination of the ME for the corporate empire. We would not be where we are today if we hadn't pre-emptively attacked Iraq and Afghanistan. I hear people saying that the terrorists were trained in Afghanistan-well, I do know that those who allegedly did the deed, were trained here--at a flight school down in Florida. I also know that fifteen of those alleged terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. By our very action, we have become a recruiting tool for terrorism, we have indebted our nation. If * wanted OBL (which he publicly stated that he didn't care if he was caught after he got his wars of choice), he could have used strategic strikes against OBL, instead of destroying major infrastructures and killing thousands upon thousands of innocent civilians.

Many may remember the destabilization of the Soviet Union. Social safety nets no longer existed. Elderly people were pushed into the streets-families sold their precious family heirlooms to survive and the corruption within the government and businesses coming in was staggering. The russian mafia got a strong foothold onto the world stage. Some may think that we are not Russia, that it can't happen here. I'll say, "think again."

[AspenRose]

27. If you're talking about how many times it was mentioned in the speech

(Because that's the topic of the OP)

Five times. In the entire body of the speech. Five times.

[Posteritatis]

28. The new rule is that a single mention in any context means you're a PNAC drone. (nt)

[blm]

32. We'll see. I am expecting the PNACers to be disappointed in the long run.

Mo matter what they say now about Afghanistan mission, they are the ones who wanted Afghanistan ignored the last 7 uears so they could have permanent war in Iraq and spread it to Iran.

[blm]

19. There actually has been a longstanding security issue with AlQaeda and Pakistan pre-dating 9-11,

something only a few of us were focused on while the rest of the country was talking about a blue dress.

What I see going down is that Pakistan will launch a consistent military strike against Al Qaeda but, instead of them being able to retreat back into Afghanistan where Bush neglected focus and never had the INTENT of capturing or containing them, this time American forces will be there to push back. IOW, Al Qaeda will truly be surrounded by forces INTENT on stopping them.

That alone is an ENORMOUS difference from Bush's use of force.

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23. Pakistan has openly worried about fleeing Taliban entering their country

They say the 'war on terror' was imposed on them by us. Who knows if they have the capacity (military and political) to press the campaign against 'al-Qaeda' and the retreating Afghanistan Taliban from their side?

[blm]

26. I would guess that the narrowing of the military mission to focus specifically on

this situation came from Biden, Reed and Kerry's efforts knowing those three would agree ONLY with a solid commitment from Pakistan.

[sad sally]

34. and are the code words that the next full scale invasion will be in Pakistan

where some misguided drone drop its payload on a nuclear facility?

[Posteritatis]

29. Someone did a comparison between this and one of Bush's speeches...

Bush invoked al-Qaeda nearly one hundred times in a speech about the war in Iraq. This one was a pleasant change by comparison.

[the other one]

7. Security

The only word we need to know.

[Echo In Light]

22. "Security," as in, National $ecurity State

[Bluerthanblue]

10. EarlG was ahead of this last night-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7132780&mesg_id=7132780

:hi:

[HughMoran]

12. ...and EarlG got the idea from Tekisui

credit where credit is due -> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=30758&mesg_id=30758

[Bluerthanblue]

16. thanks!- hadn't seen that.

:hi:

[bigtree]

14. his is cooler

great comparison and analysis. Tanks!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Golly. It's funny how they all look like CYA and Vietnam...and fail.

[Javaman]

31. What are those teeny tiny ones in the background? Oh I see them now...

change and hope.