It doesn’t surprise me that President Obama is looking to blame someone, anyone, for his own policy failures here and abroad, notably Afghanistan. For a man who professed to look “forward”, he spends an amazing amount of time and energy trying to redirect the responsibility for events backwards onto his predecessor, former President Bush.
So, here’s Obama’s latest attempt to pass the buck:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL12983720090831
The White House sought on Monday to pin the blame for the grave state of the war in Afghanistan on the Bush administration, which made Iraq its top military priority.