Obama Invites Heaping of Afghan Blame on Bush

by Ernest Istook
12/04/2009

Unwilling to criticize their leader and hero for sending more troops to Afghanistan, the American left has stepped-up its Bush-bashing. Many now blame George W. Bush for “forcing” Barack Obama into what they see as a bad decision.

Despite giving lip service to the need for unity, President Obama tossed several lines into his West Point speech that invited this finger-pointing at the former president.