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Gothmog

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37. I listened President Obama's comments on my car radio when he made the speech

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #29)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 01:45 PM

Mar 2014

I admit that I am a lawyer but I did not hear a defense of the Iraq war but the normal response of a lawyer (remember President Obama is a lawyer and a law professor) who distinguished the Iraq war from the actions of Russia in Crimea. President Obama's comments were not a defense of the Iraq war and I am really confused by the comments who believe that President Obama was defending the Iraq war.

Words have meanings and the words used by President Obama did not constitute a defense of the war in Iraq.

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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