# Domestic law, international law, Syria, and us

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-law-international-law-syria-and-us/667432 "2013-08-28T19:34:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-law-international-law-syria-and-us/667432/45 "2013-08-29T17:23:28Z")

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Terr, I suspect you’re wanting to punish Obama, rhetorically, at least, for the claim he made in 2007 being so far apart from his apparent position now.

And i don’t agree with that impulse. I do agree that Obama was wrong in 2007, but i think he’s right now. And I think we should make it “inexpensive,” for lack of a better word, for a politician to change his mind from wrong to right. That is, there’s little value in demanding he hew to a position that was wrong.

Right?

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