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A Defense Of Obama On Iraq
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Barack Obama was right and courageous to oppose the Iraq Debacle in 2002. No one should ever try and diminish that. What he did once he became a Senator, well that is a different story. But his 2002 speech struck the right chord with me. The estimable Susie Madrak cites a NYTimes article where some are quoted as taking issue with one passage of the speech: [Obama] was also careful to emphasize that there were times when military intervention was necessary. . . . Mr. Obama’s refrain about supporting some wars perplexed some in the crowd.
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