Seriously.... Obama is doing exactly what Bush did in these wars, and actually surging up the effort in Afghanistan, and he's spending more $ doing it.
What exactly is the 2012 Republican nominee going to so, in order to attack him on national defense/security? What is a governor (Romney, Palin or Pawlenty will probably get the nod) going to be able to lecture a man who now has the experience?
Can they attack him for scaling back Nukes?
Only if they want him to ask them if Reagan was wrong when he worked to do the same thing.
Can they attack him for letting the bad guys get away?
Only if they want him to list the names of all the dead terrorists from Predator strikes he ordered.
Can they attack him for cutting the military?
Only if they want him to list how much MORE money he spent keeping us safe, than Bush.
Can they attack him on GITMO?
Nope, those pricks are still locked up there.
What can the Repub candidate do to defeat obama (with a very bush-like record on national defense) on national security? Has the GOP now lost this position os strength? Obama ain't clinton on nat'l defense, no matter how much people thought it would be the case.
Obama Further Expands Military Expenditures on War
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration plans to ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record request for $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has learned.
The administration also plans to tell Congress next month that its central military objectives for the next four years will include winning the current wars while preventing new ones, and its core missions will include both counterinsurgency and counterterror operations.
