Barack Obama,  John McCain,  President 2008

John McCain Watch: McCain Increases Criticism of Obama Regarding Al Qaeda in Iraq

Cartoon by Michael Ramirez

Senator John McCain (the presumptive GOP nominee for President) stepped up his criticism of Senator Barack Obama (the presumptive Democrat nominee for President) regarding the Iraq War.

At a news conference at Hobby Airport in Houston, where McCain was endorsed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, McCain opened with a formulation of why he contended Obama is not ready to be commander in chief.

“On the issue of my differences with Senator Obama on Iraq, I want to make it very clear: This is not about decisions that were made in the past,” McCain said. “This is about decisions that a president will have to make about the future in Iraq. And a decision to unilaterally withdraw from Iraq will lead to chaos.”

McCain, the likely Republican nominee for president, was reacting to Obama’s response to a hypothetical question in a debate in Cleveland on Tuesday night, when Obama said that although he intended to withdraw American forces as quickly as possible, he reserved the right to send troops back if Al Qaeda were forming a base in Iraq.

“Al Qaeda is there now,” McCain said in Houston, with a tone of belittlement in his voice. “So to state that somehow if Al Qaeda were there that he would consider going back militarily is really a remarkable comment, and I don’t think displays an understanding of the size of the threat and what’s at stake in Iraq.”

In other words, Obama is NOT ready to be Commander in Chief.

Yet, Obama WOULD bomb Pakistan ( a friend of the USA) to capture bin Laden.

Barry is NOT ready for prime time.

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