This e-mailer makes good points :

Yes I understand what you mean, I have been in a few audiences with the Pres. The key here was to offer up more details in the first of a set on speeches to be given by 12/15 on the Victory strategy.
I also like the simultaneous release of the strategy and execution plan for the Iraq battle front of the war. The plan has been stated many times for over 2 years and only those non serious and lazy people who choose not to listen and think suggest their has been no plan as part of their whining desire for defeat.
Now the plan is available to entire planet on the web. Detractors can say they don’t like the plan but they can not say there is no plan.
Who knows why he did not achieve the usual high energy he usually does. It may be, nd I think it’s true, that he knows this will be watched more than most, that it should not be seen as a rally but that it should be a serious policy speech.
Of all the posts I wish you had not chosen such a small issue when the issues are so large and he has once again made clear he will do the right thing.