Tim Fernholz says last night’s speech may have felt like an inconclusive end to the war, but it marks a shift in the president’s focus to economic policy:
It’s hard to imagine a different scenario for the United States’ exit from Iraq; our departure depended on the circumstances of our entrance and the murky twists of the changing conflict. The president marked the occasion with a rare Oval Office address not only because it marks the fulfillment of a campaign promise but because it marks an explicit shift in Obama’s focus from foreign to domestic policy.
