Obama senior advisor blames Bush for Iran's anti-Americanism

Insight ^ | March 4-10 2008 | Rowan Scarborough

[kinghorse]

Actually the Media tried to con the public into thinking we could skip a step starting with Mission Accomplished. That was a dirty trick. They are famous for dirty tricks. The same media that’ll tout the new economy right before the dotcom collapses. Dumb all.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 3/05/2008 2:43:40 PM PST by LSUfan. -- ...retired Gen. Merrill McPeak provides a glimpse into how an Obama administration would deal with Iran... "Iran is a big enemy of al Qaeda... They were a big enemy of the Taliban," said the retired four-star general. "They cooperated with us quite completely in the initial phases of our Afghanistan operation. And it was us that insulted them by including them in the 'axis of evil' and making sure they understood we didn't like them very much... That drove us apart... Obama's idea is, why not talk to them. Why not see if there isn't some common ground. Certainly, the fight against al Qaeda would be one of them." National security experts say Iran's rogue behavior pre-dates Bush's speech.... "what drives the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran apart -- and has since 1979 -- is the unwavering antipathy of the regime in Tehran towards the United States, its ally Israel and freedom-loving, non-Islamist nations more generally," said Frank Gaffney, a Pentagon policymaker in the Ronald Reagan administration who heads the Center for Security Policy.