Las lecciones de Obama (o cómo aprender política norteamericana en un discurso presidencial)

Me fascina el desentendimiento de Obama; sus interrogantes alrededor de qué causó la "tragedia" de Fort Hood; su caracterización del hecho como algo fortuito, azaroso; la oportunidad que encuentra en un hecho complejo y que pone en evidencia una crisis coyuntural para realizar una exaltación patriótica, un llamado a la unión bajo el seno del águila estadounidense, la reivindicación continua del ejército y su defensa, también, patriótica. Una joyita.

Algunos quotes del discurso de Obama (Yes, we can) sobre la psicosis y los asesinatos en Fort Hood.

Lo más despreciable es que hayan muertos patriotas, defensores de America: "It is an act of violence that would have been heartbreaking had it occurred anyplace in America. It is a crime that would have horrified us had its victims been Americans of any background. But it’s all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable because of the place where it occurred and the patriots who were its victims."

Una contradicción o "¡los preparamos para que maten a los otros, no para que nos maten a nosotros!": "It was in this place, on a base where our soldiers ought to feel most safe, where those brave Americans who are preparing to risk their lives in defense of our nation, lost their lives in a crime against our nation."

Lo incognoscible: "We cannot fully know what leads a man to do such a thing."

America por sobre todas las diferencias: "They are Americans of every race, faith, and station. They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers. They are descendents of immigrants and immigrants themselves. They reflect the diversity that makes this America. But what they share is a patriotism like no other. What they share is a commitment to country that has been tested and proved worthy. What they share is the same unflinching courage, unblinking compassion, and uncommon camaraderie that the soldiers and civilians of Ft. Hood showed America and showed the world."