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Gothmog

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23. To use a legal term, what President Obama did was to distinguish the Iraq war from Crimea

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 08:13 PM

Mar 2014

Remember that President Obama is a lawyer and a law professor. What President Obama did in his speech was to distinguish the Iraq war from the situation in Crimea. Here is a simplified explanation of this concept. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/distinguish

Distinguish
To set apart as being separate or different; to point out an essential disparity.

To distinguish one case from another case means to show the dissimilarities between the two. It means to prove a case that is cited as applicable to the case currently in dispute is really inapplicable because the two cases are different.

The Iraq war is a very different situation compared to the conduct of Russia in annexing Crimea. In his speech, President Obama did not defend the Iraq war but merely explained why the Iraq war was not relevant to the conduct of Russia in annexing Crimea.

As a lawyer, there is a huge difference here.

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What Obama ACTUALLY said about Iraq [View all] berni_mccoy Mar 2014 OP

Thank you, Berni... lamp_shade Mar 2014 #1

BS Corruption Inc Mar 2014 #2

Give it a rest. Your "reality" isn't backed up by facts. No matter what you one Iraqi source tells okaawhatever Mar 2014 #3

BS Cha Mar 2014 #27

K&R I couldn't add anything more but this for reference: SunsetDreams Mar 2014 #4

K&R. n/t FSogol Mar 2014 #5

it was pretty tortured "logic". you can attempt to straighten it out but cali Mar 2014 #6

what nixon actually said about vietnam tiny elvis Mar 2014 #7

K & R riqster Mar 2014 #8

I guess some self important big shot journalists like J. Karl Whisp Mar 2014 #9

K & R Iliyah Mar 2014 #10

Outstanding post, berni Richardo Mar 2014 #11

You know what's incredible to me? beerandjesus Mar 2014 #12

That's the best analysis anyone provided here. Efilroft Sul Mar 2014 #14

Thanks--it occurred to me, but I didn't want to add to the proliferation of meta threads! beerandjesus Mar 2014 #33

THANK YOU Skittles Mar 2014 #24

I completely agree, but I don't think this was the forum to do that. beerandjesus Mar 2014 #32

Well said. Echoing the reply above: This should be an OP n/t Blaukraut Mar 2014 #25

"But even in Iraq, America sought to work within the international system." Hissyspit Mar 2014 #13

Then you disagree with Rachel Maddow? berni_mccoy Mar 2014 #16

The omissions make it revisionism. Hissyspit Mar 2014 #17

Which omissions? berni_mccoy Mar 2014 #18

The ones you just mentioned. Hissyspit Mar 2014 #19

What exactly did Obama omit that makes what he said revisionism? berni_mccoy Mar 2014 #20

"Which omissions?" NCTraveler Mar 2014 #34

Then why did he say we worked within international law and did not grab its resources for our own. liberal_at_heart Mar 2014 #15

Then why not just say the word wrong? Rex Mar 2014 #21

Yeah, you're probably going to have to dumb that down. nt redqueen Mar 2014 #22

To use a legal term, what President Obama did was to distinguish the Iraq war from Crimea Gothmog Mar 2014 #23

Your right ... GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #29

I listened President Obama's comments on my car radio when he made the speech Gothmog Mar 2014 #37

Thank you, berni! But, oh yeah.. mr Cha Mar 2014 #26

"What Obama ACTUALLY said about Iraq" Mahalo Cha Mar 2014 #28

KICK Cha Mar 2014 #30

While I do not entirely agree with.. sendero Mar 2014 #31

" ...to work with what he's got." GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #36

Finally leftynyc Mar 2014 #35

Well put. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #38

Russia has 50,000 to 100,000 troops on the eastern border of Ukraine Gothmog Mar 2014 #39