"I am trying to figure out what Obama has to do with this story..."

because this is bruce's basic argument form for most issues..

"Anything *I* complain about is justified, as long as I can find even one instance of YOUR side doing (or that I can twist to look like it) anything remotlely similar at any time in history."

I have been trying to get him to alter this reasoning...unsuccessfully... for several years.

This particular thread did not being with a specific assertion, though it had that feeling. Then, when I asked MY question, it quickly surfaced in obvious form.