What bothered me about Obama's speech, was his attempt to justify the invasion of Iraq. Even when Obama defends con stupidity, they criticize instead.
Although I found most of Obama's positive ...I agree that his handling of the Iraq invasion issue was awkward...
I think he may have been trying to make the point that it did not equate to Russia's take over of Crimea since it was not overtly intended as an exploitative takeover...but it flat; since everyone knows we wanted to exploit Iraqi oil....
Frankly, it would have been for Obama better to admit we made a mistake ...and emphasize that it is one thst we have learned from and that most Americans feel was not justified....
But then again...that would do little more than provoke screams from the GOP that he's "apologizing for America" and increased hate rgetoric from the right ...
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