Obama’s State of the Union speech

Jack Dikian

January 2012

Listening to President Obama’s State of the Union speech. He says in a part of his speech “..As the tide of war recedes, a wave of change has washed across the Middle East and North Africa, from Tunis to Cairo; from Sana'a to Tripoli.”

Contrast this with Churchill’s historic 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech. Then, Churchill said, “…It is my duty, however, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continen.”

The 2012 State of the Union speech:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/24/politics/sotu-transcript/index.html