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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:12 AM
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President Obama in Cairo: "Iraq was a war of choice."



PRESIDENT: Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world. Although I believe that the Iraqi people are ultimately better off without the tyranny of Saddam Hussein, I also believe that events in Iraq have reminded America of the need to use diplomacy and build international consensus to resolve our problems whenever possible. (Applause.) Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be."



REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:15 AM
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1. Good stuff, and with every speech he restores a little bit of the honor we've lost. nt
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:35 AM
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7. now
. . . to act on those words.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:16 AM
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2. Cue the Squawking Cheney in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:21 AM
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5. grrrrrr




He will be all over our tv again.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 11:17 AM
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13. With squinty eyed Hannity.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:55 AM
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11. Bring it on Dick. nt
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:20 AM
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3. Afghanistan also was a war of choice..
Attacking Saudi Arabia after 9/11 would have been more logical, the great majority of the hijackers came from Saudi.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:22 AM
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6. It may have made sense to attack SA
. . . if the principle 9-11 suspects had fled there.
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:36 AM
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8. The principle suspects are dead and have been since 9/11/2001
And Osama bin Laden is still not on the top ten wanted list.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 12:31 PM
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16. The great majority of the OKC bombers were American.
Attacking Saudi Arabia over 9-11 would have been ridiculously stupid.
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:49 PM
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17. And who did we attack after OKC?
Your post makes zero sense..
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SpartanDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:57 PM
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18. SA wasn't where al qaeda was based
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:21 AM
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4. he said that to great cheers....take that chenee/bu$h*
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:37 AM
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9. Good. Let's hold the liars and war criminals responsible with
Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 10:41 AM by chill_wind
actions to match our rhetoric.

And it was an illegal Invasion and Occupation based on a pack of bloody lies.
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:53 AM
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10. "War of choice". Translation- war crime.
I'm tired of waiting for the trials. How much longer? We must punish, and punish severely. I am the last one to call for that kind of stuff, but this is about the death of what some say is a million Iraqis.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:59 AM
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12. yep
It's all well and good to talk about HIS future intentions in wielding the power of the presidency, but I don't feel he's willing to do what it takes to make certain presidents beyond his administration pause to consider the consequences of similar actions as they contemplate the use of military force abroad.
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The Leveller Donating Member (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 11:20 AM
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14. It WAS NOT a war
It was a criminal invasion, mass slaughter and illegal occupation which continues to this moment. Obama's narrative is completely false and serves to disguise the criminality of the entire bloody affair.

It was a massive attack for Empire.

You can't stop living the lie until you stop telling it.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 12:29 PM
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15. .Complete Video of Obama’s Cairo Speech
Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 12:50 PM by bigtree
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/full-video-of-obamas-cairo-speech/
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