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In reply to the discussion: What Obama ACTUALLY said about Iraq [View all]sendero
(28,552 posts)31. While I do not entirely agree with..
.... Obama's characterization of our invasion of Iraq and the hustling that led up to it, he is simply doing what he has to do.
This is a situation he inherited and he has to make the best of it. He has to compare and contrast Iraq and Crimea to justify our stance on Crimea. I don't think he is at all correct, our invasion of Iraq was much worse than what Russia has done so far, but it is his job to make a diplomatic case and he did it as well as anyone could.
I have plenty of issues with Obama's decisions, but he has no choice in this matter other than to work with what he's got.
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Give it a rest. Your "reality" isn't backed up by facts. No matter what you one Iraqi source tells
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#3
Thanks--it occurred to me, but I didn't want to add to the proliferation of meta threads!
beerandjesus
Mar 2014
#33
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