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In reply to the discussion: The used car salesman strikes again [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)You know it's just going to get certain people riled up and now they have that to use against you rather than have to actually react to the substance of your post. Granted, a lot wouldn't do that anyway, but still, you've given them all an out from thinking about the substance of your OP.
And it takes away from the discourse for anyone who disagrees with you that actually wants to have a genuine discussion about it. If I had a disagreement with someone's position and they wrote something like that I would very likely dismiss it because it would make me feel that they were disingenuous.
The first time you used the term was due to an angry outburst, but this time it was not, so I can't defend it and find it unfortunate.
That said, Obama saying what he said puts us one step closer to accepting the Iraq War as a legitimate war rather than a war crime. And it makes yet another issue more of a bipartisan issue when it should remain clear that that was a criminal neo-con war based on lies and propaganda. No one should ever speak any words to soften that, ever.