US Election: McCain slams Obama ahead of debate

23 Oct 2012, 10:55 am   -   Source: AAP
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Senator John McCain, who lost the 2008 election to President Barack Obama, has given a withering critique of his foreign policy as both candidates are preparing for a final debate that may represent their last chance to shake up a tied race.

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Four years of "failed leadership" by US President Barack Obama has dragged the Middle East to the edge of a major crisis that could dramatically destabilise the region, Senator John McCain says.

McCain on Monday laid down a withering critique of the commander-in-chief's foreign policy just hours before Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney face off in Florida in their third and final presidential debate.

"Look at our relations with Russia. Four years and no progress with Iran on nuclear weapons, strained relations with Israel, al-Qaeda coming back strongly in Iraq, things deteriorating in Afghanistan," McCain fumed.

Monday night's debate, which focuses on international affairs, will be a chance for Romney to tag the president as a weak leader, a label he hopes will stick until Americans head to the polls on November 6.

"The foreign policy debate is about leadership, how the president can answer for our failed leadership throughout the world," McCain said.

He expressed particular anger about the president's inaction on Syria, where a revolt against strongman Bashar al-Assad's regime has left an estimated 34,000 people dead.

McCain, who lost the 2008 election to Obama, warned of arms continuing to pour in to the Syrian regime from Russia, and Iranian agents on the ground in the country.

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unites states of where?

James - from Sydney, 7 months ago

pretty sure the American govt should be worrying more about the US than the middle east. thanks for highlighting the multitude of failings within america's foreign policy.

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