WaPo: 'A Speech from the Far Side: What our Enemies Heard'

Marc Thiessen comments on Obama’s recent Oval Office oratory:

Years ago, Gary Larson published a Far Side cartoon called “what dogs hear.” Two identical panels, side-by-side, showed a man speaking to his dog, Ginger. In the first, the man tells the dog: “Okay, Ginger! I’ve had it! You stay out of the garbage! Understand, Ginger?” In the second, we see what the dog actually hears: “Blah, blah, GINGER.” For the terrorists, President Obama’s Oval Office address last week came across much the same way. While the president made some obligatory references to our responsibilities in the war on terror, what our enemies heard were his declarations that America is withdrawing and refocusing on domestic priorities.

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