Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

renate

(13,776 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:30 AM Jun 2018

This is America. The America I love. This is what America was and can be again. I'm in tears

These are the words of a real president--maybe the last president of the United States as the United States was meant to be.

https://www.vox.com/world/2016/12/6/13860054/obama-final-speech-military

We are a nation that won world wars without grabbing the resources of those we defeated; we helped them rebuild. We didn’t hold on to territory, other than the cemeteries where we buried our dead. Our greatest generation fought and bled and died to build an international order of laws and institutions that could preserve the peace, extend prosperity, and promote cooperation among nations. And for all of its imperfections, we depend on that international order to defend our freedom.

In other words, we are a nation that at our best has been defined by hope and not fear. A country that went through the crucible of a civil war to offer a new birth of freedom. That stormed the beaches of Normandy, climbed the beaches of Iwo Jima, that saw ordinary people mobilize to extend the meaning of civil rights. That’s who we are; that’s what makes us stronger than any act of terror.

Remember that history. Remember what that flag stands for. For we depend on you — the heirs to that legacy, our men and women in uniform and the citizens who support you. To carry forward what is best in us, that commitment to a common creed. The confidence that right makes might, not the other way around.

That’s how we can sustain this long struggle. That’s how we’ll protect our country. That’s how we’ll protect our constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic.

7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
This is America. The America I love. This is what America was and can be again. I'm in tears (Original Post) renate Jun 2018 OP
The last line is my favorite. BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #1
+2000 raven mad Jun 2018 #3
We all have known this for a long time. bdamomma Jun 2018 #7
Remember that Nazis never die - and we let tRump win. He cheated, as usual. raven mad Jun 2018 #2
We're fighting a sick mind duforsure Jun 2018 #4
replying to my own thread because I edited it to add that these are President Obama's words n/t renate Jun 2018 #5
we will beat them back bdamomma Jun 2018 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,674 posts)
1. The last line is my favorite.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 03:27 AM
Jun 2018

Protect our constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic.

We have a definite domestic threat in the W House and his enablers in Congress.

bdamomma

(63,974 posts)
7. We all have known this for a long time.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:51 AM
Jun 2018

this POS is destroying this country but not our will due to inside and outside forces who hate democracies.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
2. Remember that Nazis never die - and we let tRump win. He cheated, as usual.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 05:51 AM
Jun 2018

Trump supporters. Oh, and add a few Russian hackers - Putin and Trump and Hitler would have been good buddies.

Never again. Not in my name.

I may be old, but I will fight.









https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/525/1*ryxIezvwm2QZgV-y55IREw.jpeg





duforsure

(11,885 posts)
4. We're fighting a sick mind
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 06:55 AM
Jun 2018

And any republican staying in this party supporting this human tragedy , instead of switching parties to help the Democrats fight against this are cowards and need to all be voted out of office for this. Period. This can't be how America is defined, and it can't continue any longer. It needs to be stopped NOW.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»This is America. The Amer...