“In the face of violence that seems intractable and suffering that is so senseless, it is easy to grow cynical, and I think tempting to give in to the notion that peace and security may be beyond our grasp.
But I say to all of you here today, especially the young people, do not give into that cynicism. Do not lose the idealism and optimism that is the root of all great change. Don’t ever lose the faith that says, if we want it, if we are willing to work for it, if we stand together, the future can be different; tomorrow can be better. After all, the only reason we’re here today in a free and democratic Estonia is because the Estonian people never gave up.” Speech by United States President Barack Obama, September 3, 2014, Tallinn, Estonia
Should this idealism and optimism belong only to European countries under oppression? Should the young people of Syria not hold out the same hope, the same determination?
And, Mr. President, I walked the dust sand roads of Zaatari Camp, home to 100,000 Syrian refugees who have been besieged by the oppression of their own president. I sat in the homes of these men and women and listened to their stories. Many heard your words and dared to believe they applied to them. Mr. President, you have stubbornly ignored and belittled the greatest humanitarian crisis of the century and now you dare blame those who begged you to act for your failure. Not as Republican, not even as only an American, but as a human being I ask you, sir, have you no shame?
Do you, at night before bed, not realize that the history books will write of your president, “There was a president who grasped the power of words, the power of inspiration but did not grasp the notion of leadership and because of his failure a nation died and with it the dream he himself ignited in so many.”
The blame for the Syrian civil war rest with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but the blame for our nation not acting with our allies to carry the very values and hope the president spoke of so eloquently last September to the very place where they mattered most rests with one man, President Barack Obama.
But I say to all of you here today, especially the young people, do not give into that cynicism. Do not lose the idealism and optimism that is the root of all great change. Don’t ever lose the faith that says, if we want it, if we are willing to work for it, if we stand together, the future can be different; tomorrow can be better. After all, the only reason we’re here today in a free and democratic Estonia is because the Estonian people never gave up.” Speech by United States President Barack Obama, September 3, 2014, Tallinn, Estonia
Should this idealism and optimism belong only to European countries under oppression? Should the young people of Syria not hold out the same hope, the same determination?
And, Mr. President, I walked the dust sand roads of Zaatari Camp, home to 100,000 Syrian refugees who have been besieged by the oppression of their own president. I sat in the homes of these men and women and listened to their stories. Many heard your words and dared to believe they applied to them. Mr. President, you have stubbornly ignored and belittled the greatest humanitarian crisis of the century and now you dare blame those who begged you to act for your failure. Not as Republican, not even as only an American, but as a human being I ask you, sir, have you no shame?
Do you, at night before bed, not realize that the history books will write of your president, “There was a president who grasped the power of words, the power of inspiration but did not grasp the notion of leadership and because of his failure a nation died and with it the dream he himself ignited in so many.”
The blame for the Syrian civil war rest with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but the blame for our nation not acting with our allies to carry the very values and hope the president spoke of so eloquently last September to the very place where they mattered most rests with one man, President Barack Obama.
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