KRIG: Flere af de håbefulde republikanske præsidentkandidater har ytret sig kritisk om Obamas håndtering af krigen mod Libyen – uden at præsentere voldsomt mange løsningsforslag selv. En række citater følger:
Newt Gingrich:
Kritik: "You have a spectator in chief, not a commander in chief."
Løsningsforslag: Skifter i øjeblikket holdning hver dag, så umuligt at sige.
Haley Barbour:
Kritik: "We haven't provided leadership in this administration. In fact, the Obama administration's position has been to say, 'You know, we're just one of the boys. We're not going to try to be the leader."
Løsningsforslag: Ingen.
Mitt Romney:
Kritik: "Thus far, the president has been unable to construct a foreign policy, any foreign policy. I think it's fair to ask, you know, what is it that explains the absence of any discernible foreign policy from the president of the United States?"
Løsningsforslag: Støtter krigen i Libyen, men vil gøre tingene "mere effektivt."
Tim Pawlenty:
Kritik: "The rebels at that time were on the verge of overthrowing Gadhafi. They had the momentum. They were in position to do it. Obama left them without backup."
Løsningsforslag: Ville være gået ind i krigen tidligere, men har ingen holdning til, hvad der skal ske nu.
Sarah Palin
Kritik: "We've received different messages from our president and from his advisers as to what it is that we are doing there and what the mission is."
Løsningsforslag: "If I were president, certainly there would be more decisiveness."
Til kandidaternes forsvar har de ikke adgang til den samme mængde information, som Barack Obama har, og de får ikke daglige briefinger af USA's efterretningstjenester.
Alligevel er der ingen tvivl om, at kandidaterne må ud af busken med mere skarpe holdninger, hvis de om under et års tid vil tages seriøst i primærvalgene.
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