He absolutely did not.
You are very wrong about that.
He certainly did.
Obama in 2008 Criticized Bush Foreign Policy after Afghan Attack Killed 9 Soldiers
Theyre ganging up on Mitt Romney for speaking up about the attacks in Libya and Cairo today, but in 2008 Obama criticized then President Bushs Iraq policy just after an Afghan attack left 9 Marines dead.
.As the New York Times reported, then-Candidate Obama criticized the Bush administration on July 13, 2008, arguing a new round of violence on Sunday, in which nine American soldiers died in fierce fighting with the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, underscored the military challenges ahead for the United States.
According to the transcript of an interview on CNNs Larry King Live, Mr. Obama reiterated his talking point the next day:
You know, was it a wise thing to go in there (Iraq) and what are the costs and benefits of staying there indefinitely? Were spending $10 billion a month there. Weve spent $200 billion since the surge began. Meanwhile, the situation whereyou know, where the central front against terrorism should be taking place, in Afghanistan, the situation has deteriorated. And we had this brazen attack on a U.S. base where nine servicemen were killed.
Back then the media applauded Obama for his bravado.
* Obama in 2008 Criticized Bush Foreign Policy after Afghan Attack Killed 9 Soldiers*by*Macsmind Politics, Culture and Breaking News and the 2012 Presidential Election!
Seriously? You are holding this up as some kind of equivalence? Because it's absolutely not.
Obama was criticizing a gigantic tanglefuck called the Afghan war..in which soldiers were losing their lives weekly.
Romney was criticizing a brand new terrorist attack, while it was ongoing..which was part of an effort to help a fledgling government get established, after the successful ouster of another anti-american terrorist, Mommar Gaddafi.
It absolutely is. Obama used the deaths of those 9 servicemen as a club to beat on John McCain by way of George Bush. Why don't you quit trying to obfuscate and address what's going on now. Are you honestly ok with the Obama explanation on Benghazi? Are you ok with Hillary telling a grieving father that they were going to arrest a film maker as if that should be consolation for him? You can be liberal without burying your head in the sand.