Obama and First Lady Offer Christmas Message for Troops at War

Though this was three days ago, I feel I have one or two comments about this.

On Christmas three days ago, President Obama and First Lady Obama sent Christmas wishes to the troops stationed away from home, as did many families whether or not their loved ones were out fighting for the freedom of America or not. As many already know, Obama decided to send in more troops to Afghanistan, 30,000 more troops, thus bringing the grand total to approximately 100k troops.

Also, "on the domestic front, Hunter [Republican U.S. Representative of California and a Marine that served in Iraq] described a “difficult Christmas” because of an unemployment rate that stood at 10 percent in November." He goes on to say, "After all the promises and all the spending we’ve seen out of Washington this year, out-of-work families are right to be asking, 'Where are the jobs?'"

It was under my impression that these "promises" also included bringing troops out rather than sending more in. Unless I'm that far behind in the happenings of our nation, Obama is backtracking a great deal here. And with the unemployment rate being as unsteady as it is, shouldn't he be trying to do more on the domestic front to bring our economy back to the way it should be?

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I dunno. I just felt that it was a rather... interesting Christmas wish when most families merely wish for the return of their loved ones and the return of stability.

-Annie Yang