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Standard VOA News July 18th

Obama: US Must End 'Single-Minded' Focus on Iraq　(2/2)

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The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also vowed to use what he called all the tools of statecraft to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Obama's speech brought a quick response from the presumptive Republican candidate, Senator John McCain. McCain criticized Obama for laying out a strategy on Iraq and Afghanistan before consulting with U. S. and local officials in those two countries. "I note that he is speaking today about his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan before he has even left, before he has talked to General Petraeus, before he has seen the progress in Iraq, and before he has set foot in Afghanistan for the first time. In my experience, fact-finding missions usually work best the other way around. First you assess the facts on the ground, then you present a new strategy. " McCain has long been a champion of the Bush's administration's military surge strategy in Iraq and says a similar approach is required in Afghanistan. McCain also told his audience in New Mexico that he knows how to win wars and that his military experience would make him a better commander in chief.

这位民主党的总统候选人还公开表示要用他所谓的一切本领来阻止伊朗开发核武器。奥巴马的演讲立即带来共和党准总统候选人，参议员麦凯恩的迅速回应。麦凯恩批评奥巴马在没有咨询过美国和在伊拉克，阿富汗的当地官员的意见前就宣布他的新策略。“我注意到他今天的讲话，是在他离开之前，在他与彼得雷乌斯将军谈话前，在看到伊拉克所取得的进步和第一次踏进阿富汗前就谈论有关伊拉克和阿富汗的计划。凭我经验而言，实地调查是相对其他方法而言最好的。首先实地评估事实，然后再公布新的战略。”麦凯恩一直以来都是布什政府对伊派兵政策的领头人，他说对阿富汗采取类似的策略就可以了。麦凯恩也告诉他的在新墨西哥州的听众他知道如何赢得战争，并且他的军事活动的经验将使他成为很好的总司令。