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jeff47

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97. Actually, we did.

Reply to underpants (Reply #27)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 12:31 AM

Mar 2014

1441 was broad enough to act as a fig leaf - it demanded stuff from Iraq, and did not forbid military action to get it.

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Why Did Obama Just Defend the Iraq War? - Salon [View all] WillyT Mar 2014 OP

Because the author cannot comprehend English or understand context. Richardo Mar 2014 #1

thats exactly what a RW racist would say reddread Mar 2014 #11

!! Richardo Mar 2014 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #30

reddread shoots and scores TheSarcastinator Mar 2014 #50

ROFL!!! grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #95

"We're all RW racists, now!" n/t Aerows Mar 2014 #118

I think it has far more to do with political comprehension than with truedelphi Mar 2014 #28

yeah, those prosecutions were never going to happen. Richardo Mar 2014 #85

Yeah... The "Political Comprehension" Dictates That In "A Nation Of Laws..." WillyT Mar 2014 #91

Why indeed. WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #2

How ever will they fit everyone under that bus? 1000words Mar 2014 #5

Says an supposed journalist who can't even check to see if his wife's meds are covered by the new KittyWampus Mar 2014 #7

Cheap shot 1000words Mar 2014 #8

It's the truth. And I would never have posted that until the latest OP from Pitt. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #9

I interpreted the President's speech differently than Will, but that's some cheap shit ... 11 Bravo Mar 2014 #14

this one has no shame whatsoever frylock Mar 2014 #43

And I Get Accused Of Being Devisive... WOW !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #66

Nice that Skinner came out to encourage them, too RandiFan1290 Mar 2014 #99

That is vile. Absolute garbage. Trash. nt stillwaiting Mar 2014 #17

wow... that's sad fascisthunter Mar 2014 #20

That's a pretty cheap shot. malthaussen Mar 2014 #29

Callous, insensitive....... bvar22 Mar 2014 #41

+ 1000 red dog 1 Mar 2014 #47

perhaps you could map it out for him? frylock Mar 2014 #44

Heh ... 1000words Mar 2014 #49

Vile, absolutely vile. n/t demmiblue Mar 2014 #52

Here was the result of the first used car salesman/POS posting. giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #54

LOL 1000words Mar 2014 #63

I came across that bullshit bc I googled giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #72

I am very familiar with Will's work 1000words Mar 2014 #78

Well then you should understand why the wingnuts giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #81

Personal attacks such as that.... go west young man Mar 2014 #60

Ugly and cheap shot. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #70

He still hasn't apologized when the whole damned thing was his fault. gulliver Mar 2014 #84

So, yeah, hey dipshit WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #90

Cheap, low, and pathetic post RetroLounge Mar 2014 #124

TL rumdude Mar 2014 #68

"Obama probably still believes Iraq was a "dumb war,"... polichick Mar 2014 #3

Obama didn't defend the war creeksneakers2 Mar 2014 #67

Didn't really work though - Iraq was despicable in every way. polichick Mar 2014 #82

I saw most of what he said as being lies - truedelphi Mar 2014 #110

He didn't and that's obvious to anyone with reading comprehension. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #4

No kidding Kolesar Mar 2014 #22

+1 redqueen Mar 2014 #24

++++ but as the Incredible String band once sang: Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #39

PBO did not defend the Iraq war! JackRiddler Mar 2014 #6

Obama, the "weak appeasing" ... "warmonger". JoePhilly Mar 2014 #10

And I wonder if the Kosovo referendum remark will be used against him jakeXT Mar 2014 #13

Kosovo nationalize the fed Mar 2014 #15

To this day, I remain rather ignorant (not willfully) in understanding the entire set of events. 2banon Mar 2014 #25

Informative post. go west young man Mar 2014 #65

Putin has advocates and Slobo has advocates Kolesar Mar 2014 #98

What part was untrue? JaneyVee Mar 2014 #16

Bush Inc. never got UN approval to invade underpants Mar 2014 #27

Actually, we did. jeff47 Mar 2014 #97

No 1441 never gave authorization underpants Mar 2014 #100

1441 did not explicitly forbid it. jeff47 Mar 2014 #106

Two things: Hissyspit Mar 2014 #33

+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2014 #55

+10000 G_j Mar 2014 #58

Still spinning that treestar Mar 2014 #18

The President responded to the Putin defense of his Progressive dog Mar 2014 #19

"It would be a little strange if Obama hadn't" responded to Putin? red dog 1 Mar 2014 #57

No he couldn't, President Obama was not in a position to Progressive dog Mar 2014 #64

"No he couldn't, President Obama was not in a position to red dog 1 Mar 2014 #71

Damn right it's funny, have you really paid so little attention Progressive dog Mar 2014 #75

"On June 22, 2008, Senator Barack Obama voted against a bill to fund the Iraq War." red dog 1 Mar 2014 #86

That is not voting against the war in Iraq, Progressive dog Mar 2014 #87

Whatever you say. red dog 1 Mar 2014 #89

It wasn't ambiguous, it was wrong Progressive dog Mar 2014 #92

I don't consider the OP to be "another dishonest attack on President Obama" red dog 1 Mar 2014 #93

I didn't think you did, Progressive dog Mar 2014 #94

Actually, it is probably an even tougher vote TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #119

I Read an Article on Esquire about a Similar Sentiment fascisthunter Mar 2014 #21

Recycling, that's hot BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #23

He didn't defend it. The author is either an idiot or a liar. NYC Liberal Mar 2014 #26

All he had to do was say we were w-w-w-w-w-r-r-o-n-g. Rex Mar 2014 #31

+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2014 #61

He didn't do that. Kahuna Mar 2014 #32

Um. Okay, I give up. Where did he defend the Iraq War? Here?: "Now, it is true that the... Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #34

Yikes, people really do lack education... glowing Mar 2014 #35

perhaps you could educate yourself how to use a semicolon Skittles Mar 2014 #113

guess that's what I get after posting and being up for 24 hrs working... glowing Mar 2014 #115

I do the 24 hour thing quite frequently too Skittles Mar 2014 #116

He didn't. gcomeau Mar 2014 #36

So, Salon: "What Obama Said Was True". berni_mccoy Mar 2014 #37

Funny,....I thought he was telling Putin he should have faked it before the UN like we did. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #38

HaHa. Or at least be rejected by the UN first. n/t fleabiscuit Mar 2014 #48

Or, as Tweedy said in 'Gangs of New York',... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #51

Hay you know what he could have done. Prosecute the war criminals who got us in to pam4water Mar 2014 #40

Riiiiight ... first-ever Black President charges into the WH like a Bull in a China Shop ... brett_jv Mar 2014 #53

Pfft pam4water Mar 2014 #59

If there's some inescapable reason why a black president couldn't get done what we needed done FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #108

I find it kind of racist to imply that a black President can only be caretaker/enabler. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #120

Agreed. FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #122

Gotcha, I would agree pretty fully with that statement. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #125

It isn't a defense of the war. Orangepeel Mar 2014 #42

Salon ????? bvar22 Mar 2014 #45

LOL !!! - Yep... We Get "Credit" For Leaving, After We Were TOLD To Go... WillyT Mar 2014 #46

Obama only wanted creeksneakers2 Mar 2014 #77

thank you for the reminder. I'd forgotten that. magical thyme Mar 2014 #117

President Obama distinguished the Iraq war from the situation in Crimea Gothmog Mar 2014 #56

If you are trying to say that "Lawyers" heard him differently.... bvar22 Mar 2014 #76

Lawyers are not the only ones who heard President Obama differently Gothmog Mar 2014 #80

I listened President Obama's comments live on my car radio when he made the speech Gothmog Mar 2014 #101

Well, as you were driving in your car listening to the radio, bvar22 Mar 2014 #102

Yes, I heard the entire speech Gothmog Mar 2014 #104

The world is also full of morons who don't do nuance... which is why the right wins anything at all. phleshdef Mar 2014 #105

Oh...and YOU speak for the majority of DUers? bvar22 Mar 2014 #107

Russia has 50,000 to 100,000 troops on the eastern border of Ukraine Gothmog Mar 2014 #109

Distinction: Orders of magnitude worse and more stupid. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #123

, blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #62

Why? Money trumps peace. Octafish Mar 2014 #69

Whether it was about resources or not... go west young man Mar 2014 #73

Because he's smart rumdude Mar 2014 #74

no Skittles Mar 2014 #83

I watched the speech Live. All i got out of it is that US sought UN aproval and darkangel218 Mar 2014 #79

Obama has defended the Iraq war in other speeches, but not this one. Vattel Mar 2014 #88

Why did Al Gore claim he invented the Internet? jeff47 Mar 2014 #96

Many Smart people saw that he fucked up no matter Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #103

Russia has 50,000 to 100,000 troops on the eastern border of Ukraine Gothmog Mar 2014 #111

the story is about Iraq Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #112

No the purpose of President Obama's speech was not Iraq but Putin and Crimea Gothmog Mar 2014 #114

As said why not frame it as two wrongs don't make a right mvd Mar 2014 #121