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Obama Called Out Over 'Self-Serving Falsehood' in State of the Union: 'A Line I Wouldn't Accept From an Undergrad
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama Called Out Over 'Self-Serving Falsehood' in State of the Union: 'A Line I Wouldn't Accept From an Undergrad

"Good grief."

After President Barack Obama said the Middle East is "rooted in conflicts that date back millennia" during his final State of the Union address Tuesday night, viewers called out his claim as everything from a "self-serving falsehood" to a notion one educator "wouldn’t accept from an undergrad."

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

"Thousands of years?" a Washington Post writer reacted. "Many of the conflicts in the Middle East don’t even date back a decade."

One critic said Obama's characterization is a way of washing his hands of the dangerous Middle Eastern mess:

Others weren't any more forgiving:

But a writer from Syria managed to insert some jest into the heated fray:

(H/T: Washington Post)

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Dave Urbanski

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