Obama said the war in Iraq 1 trillion to spend a lot of foreign borrowing
According to U.S. media reports on September 1st, the evening local time on August 31 8 pm (Beijing time at 8 o'clock on the September 1), United States President Barack Obama in the White House Oval Office, delivered a televised speech to the American people, U.S. military in Iraq announced the end of the combat mission.
the end of the war history of flip
"We have fulfilled our duty," Obama said in his speech, "Now is the time to turn a new page a. "Obama's speech last 7 years and 5 months of Iraq military operations for both.
Obama in the nearly 20-minute speech, he stressed the U.S. military in Iraq has made tremendous sacrifices for this war, the United States paid a "heavy price."
wishing to focus shifted to economic
in his speech, Obama admitted that the war has weakened U.S. competitiveness, "the long term, we are facing the international competitiveness of serious challenges. "
"Unfortunately, over the past 10 years, we do not strengthen our economy. Our war spending over one trillion U.S. dollars, many of these funds are borrowed from foreign countries. "Obama said.
Obama repeatedly stressed that the U.S. Government's most urgent task is to revive the national economy and help millions of unemployed back to work.
Obama's assessment of the Iraq war have also maintained a low profile enough, try to avoid using the "victory" and praised the word war.
strategic focus or shift to the Asia-Pacific
China Institute of Contemporary International Relations Yuan Peng, deputy director of the United States that although the U.S. military in Iraq, combat troops will withdraw, but the United States or left 5 million people in Iraq, the "tail." The 5 million people can change for the combat units. The end of U.S. combat missions can be considered as the strategic adjustment of the U.S. military to initiate. On the one hand, can respond to criticism of U.S. forces in Iraq, discontent. Other hand, the United States could take to shift the focus to the Asia-Pacific strategy.
According to China Daily
