President Obama Speech - showing in Ireland?

Killer Wench

Too many sub-forums so I hope this is the right section.

I would like to watch Obama's speech tonight and I'm pretty sure I could probably find it streaming online, but my roommate would also like to watch it. Does Sky News or BBC World or CNBC Europe show any speeches by American presidents?

clln

Killer Wench wrote: »

Too many sub-forums so I hope this is the right section.

I would like to watch Obama's speech tonight and I'm pretty sure I could probably find it streaming online, but my roommate would also like to watch it. Does Sky News or BBC World or CNBC Europe show any speeches by American presidents?

In a word Killer Wench Yes they do!(usually)

problem is despite what way things are put by a president of the US,they are pre-scripted sound bites.

If you PM me i can send you a link to every News station from far left to far right(even the tea party have a channel now!)

Killer Wench

Thanks! I think I know a few links. I was hoping to have a few tv stations so I could watch with my roommate.

clln

Killer Wench wrote: »

Thanks! I think I know a few links. I was hoping to have a few tv stations so I could watch with my roommate.

BBC News 24,Sky News,Fox News(to have a go at him!;)) France 24, RT(sometimes) CNNi, usually on all the NEWS channels on Sky,Virgin,UPC.

i am guessing that you despite your location are somewhere in Europe at the moment?

Euronews is your best hope if you cannot get digital TV at the moment,most European PSB's broadcast it overnight.
hope it works out for you!

Killer Wench

Oh sorry! I should have mentioned that I am in Dublin which is why I was wondering if any of the local channels will show this broadcast.

clln

Killer Wench wrote: »

Oh sorry! I should have mentioned that I am in Dublin which is why I was wondering if any of the local channels will show this broadcast.

Just checked the EPG, TG4 are using France 24 starting at 01.45,others nothing(on analouge)

Too late for the speech as it will be 00.30 in Ireland.

clln

BBC News 24 promising to show it live just after 00.30.
other digital channels from UPC or Sky will do so too in my experiance.

MoyVilla9

Sky are doing it. I'm watching it now (Obama not on just yet)

clln

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Sky are doing it. I'm watching it now (Obama not on just yet)

If i ever had any doubt that O'Bama would be a bit more truthful than other presidents,he destroyed his credibility when he started by saying that Gaddafi was a tyrant for forty years.
He ignored the fact that Gaddafi was only brought back into the fold when he gave up the development of nuclear weapons.

until the uprising(s) began.

He did not condemn Gadaffi before then.

Well NATO will take command on wednesday.

wash's hands of Libya/

but he is right IMO.

clln

The Rhetoric just sounds hollow now Barack.!

Overheal

Well Obama did say in his presidential campaign he would speak with foreign leaders, even the morally questionable ones; that he felt ignoring them as a type of sanction or punishment just wouldnt cut the mustard with him. He was criticised for it a bit, but I think he was right then. So Im not frankly surprised he's had handshakes with Gadaffi before.

clln

Overheal wrote: »

Well Obama did say in his presidential campaign he would speak with foreign leaders, even the morally questionable ones; that he felt ignoring them as a type of sanction or punishment just wouldnt cut the mustard with him. He was criticised for it a bit, but I think he was right then. So Im not frankly surprised he's had handshakes with Gadaffi before.

True Overheal.

but the 'handshakes' with Gadaffi began when Bush and Blair ignored the fact that he had armed terrorism,including the IRA,bombing of Pan AM over Scotland and any requests to kill innocent people from any Lunatic group that hated the non Arab World.

Amerika

"There will be times ... when our safety is not directly threatened but our interests and values are"

“To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and, more profoundly, our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are”

Quite a speech. Who knew the Obama Doctrine would turn out to be the Bush Doctrine on steroids?

jank

Amerika wrote: »

"There will be times ... when our safety is not directly threatened but our interests and values are"

“To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and, more profoundly, our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are”

Quite a speech. Who knew the Obama Doctrine would turn out to be the Bush Doctrine on steroids?

Em no not really. You are of course forgetting that NATO are now in charge of this operation.

Amerika

jank wrote: »

Em no not really. You are of course forgetting that NATO are now in charge of this operation.

You really think so?

India, Russia, China, Brazil, Germany, the African Union and the Arab League are now pretty much refusing to support the UN vote. The UN secretary general, Amr Moussa, has even said the bombardment clearly went well beyond a no-fly zone from the outset.

Not all part of NATO, but the collation of the willing is falling apart. Who will be left holding the bag?

And who controls the majority of NATO assets?

And who is coordinating the efforts?

Washington has never really allowed its troops to be put under the command of any other nation. That’s why the Supreme European Commander is always an American.

Or do you think President Obama is now willing to surrender American sovereignty to a foreign entity?

America, in the lead role, will be there a long time I fear.

Manic Moran

jank wrote: »

Em no not really. You are of course forgetting that NATO are now in charge of this operation.

NATO are in charge of Afghanistan as well. What of it?

NTM