Obama Camp’s Response to Patriotism Attack: McCain Is Trigger-Happy

Barack Obama’s campaign is pushing the notion that John McCain wanted wars with Iraq, Iran, and Syria long before the Bush administration did, painting the Arizona senator as war-hungry in response to his recently repeated attacks on Obama’s judgment and patriotism.

“There was a group of people who…before 9/11…pressured the administration to invade Iraq, and John McCain was part of that,” Richard Clarke, a former White House counter-terrorism official affiliated with Obama’s campaign, said today on a conference call with reporters organized by the Obama camp. Clarke lumped McCain with invasion advocates William Kristol and Fred Kagan and calling the Republican “trigger-happy” in his reaction to the 9/11 attacks.

“His first instinct is to rattle sabres and look for a military solution,” Clarke said.

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