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In reply to the discussion: It's absolutely amazing to me . . . [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)23. It's absolutely amazing to me that people can't handle nuance.
Saying the US went to the UN before invading Iraq is not defending the Iraq war. It's a statement of fact. The US did go to the UN, and did get approval. That doesn't make the Iraq war good.
Yet there's a large contingent of people who will insist that any statement that does not declare the Iraq war awful is defending the Iraq war. "We invaded in 2003" is not defending the war. Neither is "we got permission from the UN".
Nuance. Democrats are supposed to be the party that understands it.
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i watched his speech. it didn't appear he was defending the war. he was comparing it to crimea.
spanone
Mar 2014
#11
He was responding to criticism of the US from all over the globe for what the world is calling
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#108
no "hidden triggers" and no "automaticity" with respect to the use of force.
questionseverything
Mar 2014
#105
In another thread today ... I pointed out some here still tell that nonsense version.
JoePhilly
Mar 2014
#74
That is why it is such a crime that the Bush Administration didn't have to answer for their treason.
Enthusiast
Mar 2014
#121
I tend not to believe an administration that conspired to steal a presidential election.
Enthusiast
Mar 2014
#119
"People are tired of being lied to and they're tired of being spoken to as if they were stupid."
woo me with science
Mar 2014
#22
No, you don't understand diplomacy. Ideologues don't do diplomacy. And your OP isn't honest
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#47
This is the worst thing Obama has ever said, since that thing he said last week.
JoePhilly
Mar 2014
#28
The full quote doesn't pour gasoline on their outrage bonfire, which is why they don't ...
JoePhilly
Mar 2014
#52
What is really vomit inducing is some DU'ers inability to comprehend what Obama ACTUALLY said.
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#46
The collective memory-loss that has now transformed into knee-jerk defense...
truebrit71
Mar 2014
#69
**************BULLSHIT ASS'D OP!! OBAMA IS NOT DEFENDING IRAQ WAR!!*****************
uponit7771
Mar 2014
#83
fashionable conservative war abettors have made the peace sign the new swastika n/t
reddread
Mar 2014
#100
I dunno. If it weren't for the illegal Bush administration who changed just enough
Cleita
Mar 2014
#139
They also defend chained CPI, drone murder, the NSA, free trade, you name it they defend it. nt
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#101