McCain aide: Obama has Sept. 10 mind-set
NEW YORK (AP) - June 17, 2008 GOP rival John McCain's campaign criticized Obama Tuesday for
speaking approvingly of the successful prosecution of terrorists. A
McCain aide said, "Obama is a perfect manifestation of a September
10th mind-set" and does not understand the dangers posed by U.S.
adversaries.
Obama told reporters that the Republicans have no "standing to
suggest that they've learned a lot of lessons from 9-11."
He said they "helped to engineer the distraction of the war in
Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who
actually committed 9-11." He said Osama bin Laden is still at
large in part because of their failed strategies.
