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Gothmog

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

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 08:08 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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Obama defends Iraq War in Europe speech [View all] Enrique Mar 2014 OP

"Defends Iraq War" is too strong, but it was embarrassing and sad. cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #1

you are bending over backwards to be fair Enrique Mar 2014 #4

Defending the diplomatic process and the exit, but not the decision to invade cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #19

a lot of Obama critics do that Enrique Mar 2014 #20

so much pretending...where is the leadership to call the Iraq War Supersedeas Mar 2014 #24

Yuck. senseandsensibility Mar 2014 #2

"I opposed our military intervention there." ProSense Mar 2014 #3

i posted that before you did Enrique Mar 2014 #6

Opposing Iraq is not defending Iraq. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #8

Making excuses for wars of aggression. JackRiddler Mar 2014 #13

Nonsense. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #14

He opposed it before he supported it. JackRiddler Mar 2014 #16

Yeah, too bad he brought it up at all. polichick Mar 2014 #5

Putin has the easiest response imaginable Enrique Mar 2014 #10

+100000000000000000000000000 Rex Mar 2014 #23

Oh, good lord. BlueStater Mar 2014 #7

Another issue he evolved on. bigwillq Mar 2014 #9

Working within the alsame Mar 2014 #11

Even this leaves the reflexive supporters JackRiddler Mar 2014 #12

Who is selling Iraq's oil these days? PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #15

ok let's be fair renegade000 Mar 2014 #17

Myrtle Snow said expresses my feeling for me. Liberal Veteran Mar 2014 #18

Defended? really rtracey Mar 2014 #21

*****BULLSHIT ASS'D MISLEADING ARTICLE***** Obama never "defended" Iraq even said he opposed it uponit7771 Mar 2014 #22

he said he opposed it Enrique Mar 2014 #25

no that is NOT what the President said at all.... chillfactor Mar 2014 #26

To use a legal term, what President Obama did was to distinguish the Iraq war from Crimea Gothmog Mar 2014 #27