George W. Bush riktar kritik mot Obama inför 2016

George W. Bush har länge undvikit att kritisera president Obama. På ett stängt möte inför en samling judiska donatörer i Las Vegas, gav han dock för första gången specifik kritik riktad mot rådande amerikanska utrikespolicy och sa enligt uppgifter från närvarande (mötet var stängt för allmänheten och journalister), som citeras i Business Insider:

Bloomberg's Josh Rogin reported that Bush said Obama had caused the US to "retreat" around the world and that Obama had charted the wrong course in his nuclear negotiations with Iran.

"He also said Obama was misreading Iran's intentions while relaxing sanctions on Tehran too easily," Rogin wrote of Bush's remarks at a Nevada event hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition. "Bush said that Obama's plan to lift sanctions on Iran with a promise that they could snap back in place at any time was not plausible.

"He also said the deal would be bad for American national security in the long term: 'You think the Middle East is chaotic now? Imagine what it looks like for our grandchildren. That's how Americans should view the deal.'"

Bush further criticized Obama for pulling US troops out of Iraq too quickly in 2011, though Obama has insisted his hands were tied on the matter. Both Rogin and The New York Times reported that Bush quoted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and said, "Pulling out of Iraq was a strategic blunder."

Här Fox News:



Själv tycker jag inte man ska göra för mycket av Bushs kritik. Det han sa sades på ett stängt möte, och Bush går fortfarande inte ut och beter sig mot Obama som Jimmy Carter gjorde mot honom.

Källor: Business Insider, New York Times, Yahoo

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