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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 11:44 AM Mar 2014

TYT Obama: Don't Compare Ukraine Invasion To Iraq


*President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to debunk criticism that America has acted hypocritically in condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine, dismissing any comparison to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. "Even in Iraq, America sought to work within the international system," said the commander-in-chief in a major foreign policy speech at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. "We did not claim or annex Iraq's territory. We did not grab its resources for our own gain." Obama noted that he opposed America's military intervention in Iraq. But he added the U.S. eventually "ended our war and left Iraq to its people in a fully sovereign Iraqi state that can make decisions about its own future." The president also argued that the comparison between Crimea and Kosovo makes no sense...* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT Obama: Don't Compare Ukraine Invasion To Iraq (Original Post) jakeXT Mar 2014 OP
Exactly, Cenk! Plucketeer Mar 2014 #1
 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
1. Exactly, Cenk!
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 12:37 PM
Mar 2014

We do indeed, have "change" we can believe in. This once promising public servant has changed his stance on Iraq in undeniable fashion. Oh how SHORT these politicians gage our memories to be!

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