There are a lot of words you might expect a president to say over and over in the state of the yeun job address. Words like jobs, freedom, or if it is a joe biden speech, folks. The president last night chose a different word to be the theme of his remarks. He chose the word predecessor. A former republican president tells putin, do whatever the hell you want. My predecessor came off as they overturned. Hes the reason why they were overturned and he brags about it. My predecessor failed the most president ial duty that he owes to the american people. The duty to care. I think that is unforgivable. They told the nra that hes proud he did nothing when he was president. Many in this chamber want to take those Prescription Drugs away by repealing Affordable Care act. Im not going to let that happen. And we stopped you 50 times before and we will stop you again. Biden did not utter Donald Trumps name once during that speech. But he referred to his predecessor more than a dozen times. That w
there was frustration in the media as well. pun its fired broad sides at politicians who blocked britain s involvement in any military action against syria. calling it a perfect storm of political ineptitude, short-sided expediency, and gutlessness. israel s stake in this is all too clear. international opposition to weapons of mass destruction is being tested not only with sy a syria s chemical arms but iran s nuclear program as well. jim clancy, cnn, jerusalem. syria s crisis has the whole region on edge. some people are concerned a possible u.s. strike on syria may trigger retaliation from other countries.spective on thi from my panel, now. nick paton walsh is here. you have covered this conflict from the start. how does obama s speech today change things for nations near syria? it gives them a little bit more time, potentially. there is a missile strike, certainly injects a huge am of