Obama Inspires West Point Graduates
By Soumitra Mondal, Gaea News NetworkSaturday, May 22, 2010
New York (GaeaTimes.com) - Barack Obama, President of the Unites States told on Saturday that their cadets maintained a huge responsibility in the war of Afghanistan. During the speech towards the graduating cadets, he congratulated the US army. The US army men replied in a very well manner when different country raised the questions about the importance of war in Afghanistan and the cost of the war. Describing their cadets as a backbone of their country he also made people realize that only the US military should not bear the burden. On completion of graduation at west point the cadets got this valuable speech from their commander in chief. The entire graduating batch of 2010 will become Army second lieutenants. Here is a summary of Obama’s speech to the West point Graduates.
The incident 9/11 has not faded in the minds of the people till date. Al Qaida destructed United States in a very well planned manner. After former president George W Bush sent US army to Afghanistan to demolish the terrorism, many countries asked that this war is not justified. Though there was some international pressure but president managed to send the army in Afghanistan. In the month of December 2009, US official sent 30,000 military to Afghanistan. Obama told that the Kandahar campaign was bloodiest. He also said that difficult days are yet to come and the war is not going to be easy. But he is sure that it will not be a problem for US military. They have to adapt, persist. With the help of afghan military and international partner they will succeed. Dutch government has planned to take back their 2,000 soldiers and Canada government is also following the same strategy. They are planning to bring back 2,800 soldiers.