Obama: Bush ‘Kicking the Can Down the Road’ to Next President
Barack Obama on Tuesday stepped up his criticism of the outgoing president and the Republican who hopes to succeed him, slamming President Bush for focusing too heavily on Iraq and missing the "central front in the war on terror" -- Pakistan and Afghanistan. John McCain, Obama said, would follow Bush's lead, to America's detriment.
Barack Obama on Tuesday stepped up his criticism of the outgoing president and the Republican who hopes to succeed him, slamming President Bush for focusing too heavily on Iraq and missing the “central front in the war on terror” — Pakistan and Afghanistan. John McCain, Obama said, would follow Bush’s lead, to America’s detriment.
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“Senator McCain will continue the overwhelming focus on Iraq that has taken our eye off of the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11,” Obama said.
“It’s time to change our foreign policy,” he said.
“Because seven years after 9/11, we are still fighting a war without end in Iraq and we still haven’t taken out the terrorists responsible for 9/11. We heard no explanation for why (Al-Qaeda leader) Osama bin Laden is still at large, because that’s where George Bush and John McCain’s judgment has gotten us.”
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