The Lemmy Club
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months ago

Anybody remember this Obama speech?

hexbear.net

message-square
13
link
fedilink
84

Anybody remember this Obama speech?

hexbear.net

git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months ago
message-square
13
link
fedilink
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    64
    ·
    9 months ago

    uhhh let me be clear, the CIA showed me the footage of the second shooter and pictures of my family.

  • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    47
    ·
    9 months ago

    what i think they’re referring to is this archive link of a wapo article by bob woodward in 2016 which started off with:

    One of the most important phases of the transition to power for President-elect Donald Trump includes briefings on U.S. intelligence capabilities and secret operations as well as separate descriptions of the extraordinary powers he will have over the military, especially contingency plans to use nuclear weapons, according to officials.

    In 2008, after then-President-elect Obama was given one sensitive intelligence briefing at a secure facility in Chicago, he joked, “It’s good that there are bars on the windows here because if there weren’t, I might be jumping out.”

    Though Trump has been given some intelligence briefings on threats and capabilities, there are a series of separate briefs scheduled for the president-elect into what Obama has called “our deep secrets.”

    it wasn’t something that was ever caught on video as far as i can tell. their memories are getting things jumbled into a mandela effect where they recall watching him give this as part of a speech, but i think it was originally reported by woodward in the article i linked above. it’s not in the speech linked in your screenshot. i remember that one, it was just a bunch of platitudes about how he definitely didn’t want to be assassinated and is therefore 100% supportive of the cia and their efforts.

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      36
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      Obama had connections to the CIA before being president anyway, it was all a show. They didn’t show him anything he didn’t already know is my top guess.

      • xiaohongshu [none/use name]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        26
        ·
        edit-2
        6 months ago

        deleted by creator

      • Maeve@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        9 months ago

        Oh? I’m not aware, what do you mean (sincere)?

        • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          19
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          9 months ago

          https://old.reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/comments/mrwfih/is_obama_cia/

          • Maeve@midwest.social
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            15
            ·
            9 months ago

            Oh wow, I had nfi. Interesting. Thank you.

          • HexReplyBot [none/use name]@hexbear.netB
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            9 months ago

            A Reddit link was detected in your comment. Here are links to the same location on alternative frontends that protect your privacy.

            • redlib.nohost.network
            • red.ngn.tf
            • redlib.tux.pizza
            • libreddit.projectsegfau.lt
    • git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      9 months ago

      This is probably it. Thanks.

  • LigOleTiberal [he/him]@hexbear.netBanned
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    29
    ·
    edit-2
    9 months ago

    yup. walz just made a speech like that about israel.

    come on we all know who is really in charge. cia

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    9 months ago

    I don’t got a link?

    • git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      9 months ago

      It’s an image. I’m asking if you remember the speech described in the image.

  • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    9 months ago

    So, yes, you’ve got a harder job. And so do I. And that’s okay, because that’s why we can take such extraordinary pride in being Americans. And over the long term, that is why I believe we will defeat our enemies, because we’re on the better side of history. So don’t be discouraged by what’s happened in the last few weeks. Don’t be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we’ve made some mistakes. That’s how we learn. But the fact that we are willing to acknowledge them and then move forward, that is precisely why I am proud to be President of the United States, and that’s why you should be proud to be members of the CIA. (Applause.)

    “Pobody’s nerfect” in response to war crimes and torture is an incredible statement.

  • bigbrowncommie69 [any]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    9 months ago

    https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-cia-employees-cia-headquarters

    Speech in case people want it

askchapo@hexbear.net

askchapo@hexbear.net

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.

Rules:

  1. Posts must ask a question.

  2. If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.

  3. Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.

  4. Try [email protected] if you’re having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 72 users / day
  • 676 users / week
  • 1.25K users / month
  • 2.68K users / 6 months
  • 4 local subscribers
  • 23.1K subscribers
  • 3.42K Posts
  • 70.5K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
  • replaceable [he/him]@hexbear.net
  • VILenin [he/him]@hexbear.net
  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
  • SexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.net
  • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
  • khizuo [ze/zir]@hexbear.net
  • Sulvy [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org